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"For as in Adam all die; even so in Christ shall 
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r icturesque OakWood 



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FRED. S. HILLS. Publisher. 

Syracuse, N. Y. 

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PREFaTORy, 



KJI|ll|sT HAS l:)een the oliject of the piiljlislier to prepare an elaborate 
fels ^^'^ attractive work upon ( )ak\vo(»l Cemetary, Ijeautifully illus- 
^H^ trated, and to give in l)rief a history ol' its founders. For perhaps 
fifty years or more the endeavor to set apart ami render attractive 
rural cemeteries has kept pace with the growth of our villages, towns and 
cities, and to a few hroail-minded, imblic-spirited men belongs the credit for 
patient battle with many difficulties in the determination to secure for our 
city of Syracuse burial grounds, that by their vai-iety of features, rounded 
hillocks, sweeping slopes, spreading valleys and sheltering foi-est trees 
seemed eminently fitted for the sacred city of our dead. The heaven-kissed, 
storm-tossed oaks standing there in groups gave their musical name to a 
spot which is the admiration of every stranger; hallowed to our own jieojile 
by ever-multiplying and tender associations. 

Picturescpie Oakwood I The men who planned it, worked for it, sleep 
witliin its shades, beneath the sod where taste and tenderness have wrought 
their names in marble, and it has been left to later generations to carry on 
their beneficent work. 



r^T IS a licautifiil Ico-i-iiil wliich ciii' often sees I'PDrc- 
■^^Ivif; seiiteil in tlie cliiircln's df Kumiii', tli;it wlim tlir i^ravi' 
(if the mother of Jesus was opeuei] it was fouml full of 
hlodUlini;- lilii's, tit einbh-lli of tlie thousanil flowei-s of holv 
thought ami pui'iiose whieli s|iriui;- up in our hearts fi-oni 
the memory of (lur sainleil ih^ad. 

fill rrit / r,i I rhi r S/iiin . 



SKETCH OF Or^KWOOD. 




LnSE l>l)^sel■vers wIkj liavf studied tlie tupograiiliical fiiniiatiou of 
i/iAr. "'11' liills and vallevs, insist that far back in tlie atfes tliere once 
jWl^^Mk ]a\- in oni- now Iti'antiful valley anot her n'reat lak(% tlashinj? and 
throbbing in billowy majesty beneath this same summer sun; another of the 
great chain of inland seas, over which great steamers now Viear to and fro 
large portions of the exports and imports of the commerce of the world, with 
mighty throngs of pleasure seekers. 

Do tliose scrutinizing eyes also Viehold some "pliantoni city" for which 
the archu'ologist lias made a long and vain seareli, and another petjple trav- 
ersing these hills'/ Have they passed througli tlie rifted earth into the 
marvelous subterranean cities of which Lytton Bulwer writes in his ""Com- 
ing Race" ? 

Or has the gnawing tooth of Time worn away some primeval 
Niagara and lowered the gateway for those mighty waters that, losing 
themselves in sister seas, have left behind them this fertile and lovely 
valley for the dwelling-place of our later race 'i Has God buried all these 
elder people as He did the ancient projihet of Pisgah, and shall none 
ever know their place of sepulchre ■;:' Be that as it may, we know how fair 

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anil stately are llie linmes that arise around us now; we know how massive 
spires anil towers kiss the sky. liow i^reat stores ami wareliouses ]>rorlaini 
tlie thrift anil pn>s])erity of the livini;', and tell how strong anil deep are laid 
the foundations of our nninicipality. ()ur ears are full of cenienuial t;-ratu- 
lations, our eyes iileani, our idieeks .i;]ow, our hearts tliroli and swell over 
the st(_>ry of what stout hearts and strmi,!;- hands have arcomp)lished in this 
'■ha]ii)y valley" during the just elosed century, since tlie first atteinjited 
settlement h>- the wliites. We have heard the story of tlie aborigines in 
song and legend. The historian's [)en has iiifoi'ined us how they lived and 
foun'ht and toiled and dwindled fi-oni once jiowerful races into a mere 
handful compared to their former great ness: how tlieir graves were made 
among oui- hills and vale^. where they lie unwept and unhonored. The 
recoi-il of the early settlers — brave men and noble women — has been recalled 
in its comi)let(>ness. Children and children's children have said and sung 
it. but. alas! at the idose of the relation there must need.s come the inevit- 
able refrain, •"and they died." Therefore, the wise and good, the thoughtful 
of the early days took pains to set apart a Ijurial place for their dead. From 
the beginning there have been many "acres" that have served this sacred 
l)urpose. Some of these places now lie in the \ery heart of our city, over 
which the thronging multitudes unheeding jiass. ( )ne after another has 
served its pni'posi'. and. with proju-r transference of its trust, been given 
up to meet the need of the living. There have been three different sjiots in 
Salina so used: one, the green on which the old white Presbyterian 
church oiu'e stood, which is now called Washington Park: on Ea.st Genesee 
street hill, near Beech street, was once a small cemetery: and Rose Hill, 
i.iriginally containing over twenty-two acres, was until early in the fifties 
tlie most beautiful resting-place of our lieloved dead. It was always 
considered too near the city, and not susceptible of as much adornment in 

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the arrangement of diives and walks as might have been desired. There 
never was any entlmsiasm al)Ont it or any sjiecial effort made to render it 
attractive. Natui'e, with her enriching laws of growth, has done mnch for 
it since it has been deserted by the multitude, and many yet go there to sit 
by the graves of tlieir loved ones, and look lovingly lieavenward to see if 

"When their guides went up 
They left the pearly gates ajar." 

" Woodlawn ■' is the name of a recently-established cenietery that is 
laying claim to the public attention. It lies in the northern part of our city, 
is perliai)s more accessible, but lacks many of tlif attractions that Nature, 
wealth an<l time have given ()ak\\dod. 

There are als(.) several attractive enclosures belonging to the Roman 
Catlnjlics. and tombs on which the '" ReciTiiescat in pace," the sweet prayer 
of the Catacombs, breathes the loving wish of many a stricken heart. 

In lS,i-2-:5 the feeling of dissatisfaction drew together several prominent 
citizens who were agreed in their desire to obtain larger grounds, better 
adapted to the broader cultivation and enlarged demands of modern taste. 
The committee a]>pointe<l sought most carefully for the best localities in our 
vicinity adajited for the jjurposes of a rural cemetery. The most inter- 
ested at this time were Messrs. Henry A. Dillaye. Charles B. Sedgwick, 
John B. Burnet, Robert R. Raymond, Charles Pojie, Hamilton White, A. 
C. Powell, C. Tyler Longstreet, Israel Hall. John Wilkinson, Allen Munroe 
and K. W. Leavenworth. The matter was for some time dormant, until 
the summer of 1857 when it was again taken up by Messrs. Hamilton White, 
J. L. Bagg, Lewis H. Redfield, C. T. Longstreet, A. C. Powell, John Wil- 
kinson and Henry A. Dillaye. The papers for organization were drawn 
at this time, but the coming on of a great financial struggle again 
hiudei-ed the progress of the work. A final and eventually successful 

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clTiirt was a,u;iiii cuniiiitMirfd. iiriiii-ipall y liy .Messrs. \Vliitt' and Lcavfiiwdrtli, 
in tlic suiiiiiier <il' l^'^.'iS. Tlie laml was jmrcliastMl fioni tlif late Henry K;iy- 
iKir. es.|.. Charles A. Baker and Dr. David S. C'nlvin. Prire. S-.'4.:i(H). It / 

tdiik a year to arrany-e iirejinnnaries. and to secinc Mv. Howard Dainels 
of New ^'ork. a, tine landscape gardener, with a, foi'ce of sixty men for the 
laying out of the erounds. (ien. J. H. Hawley and the late A. C. Powell 
labored with ,i;Teat earnestness to secure the funds foi- this purehase of the 
(»akwood Assoeiation. whose first regular nieetini;- and election occurred 
Au.iitist ir)th. is:);i, when the following- gvntlemen were elected trustfes: 

HaMII.TuN W'hITK, Al.LKX MrXKoK, 

J. p. Haskins, TiMd-rHV R. Poktek, 

John C'kolse, Ptof.EKT (I. Wvxkoof, 

.loiiN Wilkinson, J. Dkan Hawley, 

Akchikm,!) C. PowEtx, Thomas G. Alvokd, 

AlSTIN MVEKS, E. W. Leavexwokth. 

OFFICERS. 

E. \V. Leavexwokth. President. 

A. C. Powell, Vice-President. 

Ha.miltox White, Tre;isurer. 

Allex MrxKoE, Secretary. 

(ien. Leavenworth himself well concludi's the history: "Thus, after 
nearly ten years of delays, difficulties and disaiip<iintinents, after the ]iro- 
ject had hi^en more than once abaiidoiU'd and onr hojies all but extinguished, 
this lox'ely s]iot of ground was secured for the final repose of mir dead; to 
V)e visited, admired and hallowed in onr niem<.)ries, while we live, by a 
thousand sacred aii<l tender recollections, ami to be the heaiitit'nl restiiig- 
jilace <if our bodies wlit'ii summoned to our final home."' 




THE LEAVENWORTH TOMB. 



THE LEAVENWORTH TOcVIB. 




|hIS substantial and elegant structure stands upon the lot which 
was long since selected by General Leavenworth. Hither he 
went to lay away one after another of his family, among them 
his nephew, the late Henry C. Leavenworth, who, for many years, was 
Secretary and Treasurer of Oakwood Association. Here, too, after his 
own busy life ceased, he was laid to rest. The observer may see upon 
the different sides of this monument four names: Alexander, Mather, 
Forman, Leavenworth. Judge Joshua Forman married a Scotch lady. 
Miss Margaret Alexander. Mrs. Lucinda Mather Leavenworth was the 
much-revered mother of General Leavenworth. Judge Forman was the 
father of Mrs. Mary E. Leavenworth, the first wife of General Leaven- 
worth. On one side of the monument, under the stone canopy which crowns 
the hilltop, is an inscription to Joshua Forman, which relates that he was 
" The Founder of the City of Syracuse, Author of the Safety Fund Banking 
Law, and the first person who offered a resolution in the Legislature and 
procured an appropriation for the construction of the Erie Canal." These 
names are graven in marble to perpetuate the memory of just, excellent and 

influential lives. 

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|sjippLIAS WARNER LEAVENWORTH, First President ..f Oakwood. 
^IS^^ It was said of the famous architect, Sir Christoiiher Wren, and 
"I St. Paul's in London," If you would see his monument, look around 
arvsr-t-^^Ki^ you." It miiilit be even so said of General Leavenworth and many 
points in Syracuse. He was born in Canaan, Columlna County, New York, 
December 20th, is(i:!. Well born, well educated, he had every chance for the 
development of fine natui-al gifts. Perseveringly industrious, he won nis 
way rapidly in the legal profession, afterwards achieving great political 
success. He culti\-a.ted great faitli in the future of his adojited home. His 
eye seldom overlooked a needed imj)rovement, and when President of the 
Village he began a series of puldic acts which coutriljuted much towards 
making Syracuse what it is to-day. In IS.'i^ meetings were held concerning 
the establishment of a rural cemetery. Decision concerning the grounds was 
difficult, and nothing accomplished until 1857, because no one was ready to 
take the huid in the matter. There was further delay on accoiint of financial 
pressure, and not till after ten years were the land purchases completed, the 
Association organized and eipiipjied for work. The first day after its organi- 
zation its trustees elected General Leavenworth, President: Hon. A. C. 
Powell, Vice-President: Hon. Hamilton White, Treasurer; Hon. Allen 
Munroe, Secretary. The General held this office as long as he lived, and 
none familiar with the facts will require assurance of his untiring devotion, 
his oversight of every detail. Ids earnest effort that Oakwood might become 
one of the loveliest cemeteries our country boasts. He loved every pathway, 
knoll and spreading tree as he did his own home grounds, and if he had done 
only this for Syracuse, the city winild be forever in his debt. Mr. Leaven- 
woi'th niari'ied twice: first, Mary E., ilaughter of the late Judge Jo.shua 
Forman; second, Mrs. Harriet Townley Ball, who survives him. He held 
many positions of trust, National, State and municipal. He was always 
tlie man for the place, and beside his beautiful tomb in Oakwood many will 
tarry to say, " Recpiiescat in pace." He died November •iSth, 1S87. 





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iRCHTBALD C. POWELL, Firsl Vice-President of Oakwood, was 
■^ ■ ■ ■"^" born at Schenectady, N. Y., July Sotli, isi:i. He was agraduate 
of Hohart College, Geneva, X. Y.. and by ])rofession a Civil 
Engineer. He came to Syracnse in 1850, and was one of her most influential 
and respected citizens. A few years after his coming the enterjjrise of 
purchasing land and the estaldisliment of a rural cemetery liegan to be 
agitated, and in connection with Messrs. E. W. Leavenworth, Hamilton 
WJiite, James L. Bagg, C. T. Longstreet, Lewis H. Redtield, Henry A. 
Dillaye, John Wilkinson and others, Mr. Powell was untiring in i)usliing 
forward this project to its completion on November 3d, 18oi). He was 
Trustee of the Onondaga County Savings Bank, Mayor of Syracuse in 1864, 
and for nearly six years Salt Superintendent. Mr. Powell married Miss 
Frances G. Franchot, who, with his daughter Elizabeth and son Louis F. 
Powell, survive him. Mr. Powell had been associated with many canal and 
railroad surveys, and was called to Austria in connection with some difficult 
engineering projects in that country, where he won name and fame. He died 
September 10th, 1884. 

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-'^r.LEN MUNRDK, First Secretary of Oakwood, was born in 
. _.,,—, ElliridKi', Oiiondagii Couiitv, N. Y., March 10th, ISIO. He was 

cdiu-atcd at the Muiirnc ('ollegiate Institute, tounded lij- his 
father, Natlian Munroe. At the a.ge of eighteen, he was placed for clerical 
training with an experituiced Anbnrn merchant, and at the time of his 
father's death he cimimenced business in EUiridge. In lM4<'i he married Miss 
Julia Townseud of Aliiany. Interested in the Syracuse and Oswego Rail- 
road in 1S47, he liecanie a directoi'. and later Vice-President, with residence 
here. He engage<l in milling and salt manufactui-e. He was first President 
of the < )iiondaga C'nunty Savings Ban!-;, oi'ganized in is,").") as a purely pliihm- 
throiiic enterprise, holding this otKce for twenty years. With extending 
interests Mr. Munroe became a director in the Gas Light Company and other 
business associations. In IS.iO he was elected State Senator, serving two 
terms. He urged the location of the Asylum for Feeble Minded Children 
in Syracuse, and in ls.5."i the Governor appointed him Trustee: and he als(_) 
became Treasurer. He was Trustee of the ( )nondaga. County ( )rphan 
Asylum, and the Asylum for Inebi'iates at Binghamton. He was one of the 
few persevering friends lA' < )a'kwo(id in its beginnings, and with them rejoiced 
in securing one of the most eligible sites in the country for a rural cemetery. 
Mr. Munroe was one of tlie preliminary coimcil for the establishment of 
Syracuse University in lsi;7. With other capitalists he aided in the estab- 
lishment of the Third National Bank. In 1ST5 he was elected a Member of 
Asseml)ly. He was connected with the First Presbyterian Chitrch in Syra- 
cuse, and for nuuiy years a Trustee. He was a man of much pulilic spirit, 
a. most devoted husband and father; one wlio in all the phases of his active 
life seemed to desire to make the world better for his having lived in it. 
He died in this city October (jth, ]S84. His remaining family reside at 

Ocala, Fla. 

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HORACE AND HAMILTON WHITE. 



HORaCE a^D HaMlLTO/^ WHITE. 



'^MSt^^ MASSIVE, uuosteiitaticjus but expensive cenotapli stands within 
■^laKPlS^ the enclosure belonging to the families of the late Horace and 
Hamilton White. It was erected under the superintendency 
of Hon. Andrew D. White, in lSr„S. Long years have passed since these 
gentlemen and their wives, whose names in this community have always 
l)een a synonym for excellence and probity, were brought here for their 
long rest. Here, too, later generations, while living, emulous of their 
virtues, have broiight the precious dust of their dead. In God's due time 
will He not grant to all a glorious Eastertide of Resurrection ? 

"See Truth, Love and Mercy in triumph descending. 
And Nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom I 
On the pale cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, 
And Beauty immortal awakes from the tomb." — Beaffic. 



fr^'WlW^^^^^^'^' ■'^ WHITE. Very in-ouiiiu-nt amoii.i;- the active projectors 
Iv?'l%^-N lit" Oiikwoiid. its first Treasurer, we Hiid, hure the name of 
^i^Ai'^^kJ Hainiltnu White. He was horn in Homer, Cortland Connty,N.Y., 
May f>th, lSi»T, and died in tliis city September -iid, I.SO.V His parents, Asa 
and Clarissa (Keej)) White, located at Homer in IT'.ts. Mr. White made the 
li(-st use of his school days, was a dili.i^cut reader, and was ready to teach at 
si.xteen. Hi'coniin.i;- a merchant he enteix-d the employ of the Messi's. Randall, 
of Corthuidville, hy his industry and fidelity making his .services greatly 
valued hy them. He continued with tliem ahout ten years, and, by his 
frugal liatiits and close study of liusiness details, he laid the fouudatiou of 
his future success. At twenty-iiini' he went into business intiependently at 
Lo(d<]iort, N. Y., spending there three prosperous years. He made wise a.nd 
pi-ospennis investments l)y careful attention, and came, in is:i!i, to S>-racuse, 
where his (dder brother Horace had just been apjiointed Cashier of the 
( )nondaga County Savings Bank. The late ( )liver Teall was then President, 
and tlie association continued in this and similar institutions till the expiration 
i.if their charters in 1S04. In 1S4'.) Mr. White was one of the incorjioratoi's of 
the Syracuse Water Com])any. He went largely into the saU business and 
other interests, especially the railroads centering in this city. He largely 
enjoyed jniblic confidence. His influence, with that of others, brought the 
State Institution for Feeljle Minded Children from Albany to Syracuse in 
185.5. He was long Treasurer of the Onondaga County ( )r])han Asylum, and 
counselor for The < )ld Ladies' Home. His health failed in lS(;->, and soon 
after returning from a West Indian trip witii his wife he died. Mrs. White 
was Miss Sarah R. Rich, who survived him but a short time. Four of their 
six chiklren are now living, Mrs. Antoinette W. Sherman, Hamilton S. and 
Howard G. White in this city, and Mrs. Clara W. Hall in New York. 
Theirs was a delightful home, and the power of wealth to bless others was 
unceasingly shown by those who made its charm. 

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'//a..J^>^^^t 



THE DEDICaTIO^^ 




^Beautifully apin-oijriate ceremonies for the dedication of the 
cemetery were held November :]d, 18o!t. Thousands gathered 
to listen to the magnificent strains of the " Dead March in 
Saul," to poems, odes and orations by gifted and flo(|ueut speakers, while a 
long procession of military, fire and municipal associations testified to the 
consideration in which the occasion was held. The impressive dedicatory 
prayer of Eev. Dr. Strieby, now of New York, still lingers in the memory 
after thirty-five years have passed, and but a few brief days since some one 
spoke tenderly and lovingly of the poem by Mrs. Thomas T. Davis. How 
many of those who listened with rapt attention that Autumn day now sleep 
amid the shadows of lovely (_)akw(.)od V How many of those who thought 
for it, planned for it, wrought for it, who that day rejoiced in the con- 
summation of their long-deferred hopes, are among the multitudes who rest 

" Where scattered oft, tlie earliest of the year, 
By hands unseen, are showers of violets found, 
The redbreast loves to build and warble there, 
His little footsteps lightly print the ground. " 

Originally these grounds were an almost unbroken forest of oaks. 
Advantage has been taken of every natural beatify and taste, and tenderness 

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have wrought their loveliest. The chisel of the sculptor and the pen of the 
poet have wreathed their cypn-ss and immortelles over the entrance tn tombs 
where the ^reataiul good, the lovely and liehiveil lepose. Where quiet lakes 
catch the shatlows i>i' beautiful trees, and reflect the glories of sun and stars, 
on green knolls, in peaceful dells and glades the hand of wealth has reared 
stately and elegant mausoleums, Init the heart feels that, like the lowlier 
graves about them, tliey are conseci-ated to sorrow. Sprinkled among the 
trees are many evergreens and numerous rare foreign .shrubs and Howers, and 
walks and drives are kej)t iji the best possibh^ order. Within this enclosiire 
now are 150 acres, and there have been more than eight thousand interments. 
The cemetery grounds generally face the west, rising gradually eastward, 
overlooking the smiling valley and the shining lake of ( )uondaga. 

"Heaven l)less the Holy City wliere in solemn light are furled 
Wings of weary life! Ah, Goil, how very near is world to world! 
Quiet, ([uiet all above it, quiet, quiet under ground ; 
Silenee, up and down its pathways, like an apparition stalks. 
And the winged souls of jasmines crowd its amaranthine walks. 
On the marble mausoleums falls a sliower of tender light. 
In the moon the solemn Iieadstcmes stand like angels robed in white; 
O'er the nioinids the weeping willows wave their long arms to and fro 
As if asking benedictions on the sleeping dead beloW." 

T. B. Aldrich:!, ■■Burden of Viircnt." 

Tt seems a little singular that amid the quiet shadows of Oakwood should 
now rest the remains of the first person who is known to have died in the Mili- 
tary tract of Onondaga. He was Benjamin Nukerk, who came into the cot;ntry 
with Ejihraim Webster, in 1780, and died December 7th, 1787. He was 
bui'ied in a part of our town not unfamiliar t<} most of our citizens on a 
beautiful knoll overlooking ( )nondaga Lake and its shores, lying directly in 
the rear of the residence of the late William A. Judson, Esq., about 200 feet 
east of Geddes street. When found the head and footstones were both 

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standing in goi:)fl preservation, and the inscription at present is perfectly 
legible. The remains were removed to lots 51-5:!, section ii. Much data 
concerning all the early places of interment has been gathered and given by 
the late Hon. E. W. Leavenworth in a pamphlet published in 1881, entitled, 
" The History, Incorporation, Rules and Regulations of Oakwood Cemetery." 
There have been many removals from the other cemeteries to Oakwood. 

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DEDIC4VTI0AI VatLEy 



■HIS N'iew i>r Di'dii.'alioii Yallcv is liy iimst piTsuiis cousiilcrcd as 
^'^/fll---1\^« varied and beautiful as any that can ln'seen anmngall the sunny, 
^K^ green slii]ies and avenues of ()ak\v(i<)(l. 'Die tjeautiful turf, tlie 
winding mads, tlii> lufty trees, tlie luxui-iant slirul)l)ery. the tasteful and 
elegant nionunients pointing heavenward, all suggest to the Ijeliolder the 
tliouglit of a garden of ])eace. At this very jmint the services of dedication 
were held in Xovenilier, ls.">ii. The central kuoll was reserved l>y ^Ir. Charles 
A. Baker, one of the gentlemen from whom the association purchased the 
original ])ro])erty, as the spot where he and his should sleej) their last sleep. 
His nohle monument can he seen at its summit. 




DEDICATION VALLEY 



DEDlCaTlOyV HycVIyM, 



Wiitli II liii .Uis. Tliiiniiis T. Dnris. 

Life and Love with tender liand 
Guard and deck tliis Silent land ; 
Cypress arch and willow wreath 
Shade the sacred sod beneath ; 
Sun and starlight gild the shrine, 
Flow'ry chaplets fondly twine ; 
Angel hosts, your vigils keep 
Wliere our loved and lost shall sleep. 

Loved, not lost 1 No fear nor gloom 
Shrouds the portal of the tomb ; 
Death revealed immortal day 
When the rock was rolled away. 
Grave and crypt and pallid stone 
Mark nt the realm of Death alone; 
Life but sleeps, while Death survives, — 
Death shall die. and Life arise. 

Shed not then the frenzied tear ; 
Robe in light the pall, the bier ; 
Yonder see the shining shore 
Where our loved have gone before ; 
Rear the marble o'er the dead. 
Crown with flowers the dreamless head. 
Calmly wait till Life shall be 
Blended with eternity. 

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^i^J^iSffiOHN L'ROUSE. — Standiiii; iiimhi the lirnw i>f Uiiivei't^itv Hill and 

wMn . . . : , , 

5\i|<i5.il(i:i\ iiviTlookiiii;' till' cit V, is the iiolile biiililiny' that lieai's its donor's 
i^j^T) name, and is called the ('rmise C'ollei^e lor Wiimeii. Pevfeet in 
its majestic proportions, perfect in its interior and eijuipinents, it is as 
substantial and excellent as was the cliaractei' of the man whiise memorial 
it was designed to he. No taint of fraud or peculation snllieil the naiiie it 
bears, and were those sweet chimes ang-el voices, they niiyht well and 
worthily chant his praise. A man of quiet. dii;nifieil liearing, his venerable 
jiresence is no more seen on our streets, but multitudes of women will rise 
up to call him blessed as the generations come and go, for having opened to 
them the broad door to so many golden opp(.)rtunities. 

John Crouse was l)(.)rn in Montgomery County, June 4, 1802. He was 
one of several brothers, and his early life was spent on a farm and as a cderk 
in carrying on a store in Canastota-. He married Miss Catherine White. 
They had two sons, Hon. Joliii J. Crouse and D. Edgar Crouse, and an 
adopted daughter, Kate Brown Crouse, who married Generel Ledlie of 
Utica, N. Y. 

Mr. Crouse came to Syracuse in IS5:i, to establish a wholesale grocery 
business with liis brother James. His eldest son was associated with him 
befiire his uncle's death, at which time Jacob Crouse joined the firm, but 
withdrew in bsti-t, and the late D. Edgar C'rouse Ijecame an interested 
partner. The firm sold out in 18S7, and when Joliii Crouse died he was, 
cpiite probably, the wealthiest man in Syracuse. 

It tells niiicli of a man's character when sons love their home. To theirs 
his two sons brought treasures of art and literature, and it is said one of 
them was always at home with their parents while they lived. The love of 
his <jwn hearthstone was a strong trait with each of them. Mr. Crouse died 
June ■>'>, IS'.iI. 





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JOHN GROUSE MAUSOLEUM. 



JOH/vJ CROUSE cMaUSOLEUcM 




'his eleg.ant niaiisoleuin is inileed "beautiful for situation." It is 
modified English (lothie in style. One reniarkal)le feature is its 
mode of construction. As far as possible all vertical joints were 
avoided and after a laj)se of eight years not one has moved. Tlie doors are 
bronze. The interior is finished with hammered and polished granite, and 
the catacombs are of Italian marble. The light enter.s from stained glass 
windows whicli are particularly fine. The single stone forming the pathway 
to this tomb is a block of gray granite. It was raised one hiindred and fifty 
feet friini the de])ths of the (|uarry and weighs twenty-five tons. It is 
thirty-five feet long, five feet wide and ten inches thick. A special wagon 
with six wheels was brought here to haul it. The tires were eighteen inches 
wide and it took ten spans of horses to draw it. There is but one stone in 
tliis part of tlie country surpassing this great block in size, which is the 
obelisk erected to the memory of General John E. Wool in Troy, N. Y. The 
tomb was designed by H. Q. French of New York city and constructed aiid 
finished by the Smith Granite Company of Westerly, R. I. 

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'H(_)MAS (ioLD ALVORD, oiic <if llic lirst offit'ci-ii <if OukwiMul, 
was iKirii at Onondaga, N. Y., Deci-niher -Jn. isio, of English 
ami Dutch a,nt('ce(knts. A numhci-of his anci'stoi's were soldiers 
of the Revolution, and his itatoj-nal grandfather scrvi'd in the 
Frencii and Indian wars. Elisha Alvord niai'ricd Helen Lansing of Laiising- 
l)urg. One of her ancestors was Patroou of Laiisinglinrg, as iine of thi' Van 
Rensselaers was of Alban}'. Thomas (T<ild was educated at i^ansini^liui'g 
Academy, afterward matriculatiog at Vale College, graduating at eightiM-n 
He studied law and was admitted to practice in is:)-.', and a year hiter ojiened 
an otfice in Saliua. now Syracuse. In lS4<i he devoted himself to the manufac- 
ture of lundier and salt. In isci) he ga\e up the luuilier husiness for 
enlargeil salt interests. 

Mr. Alvord held \arions local offices in Salina. was elected to the New 
Vork Assemhly Xos'emlier, fS4:!. ami his naine has since lieen prominent in 
tlie history of his native State. For two years lie was Lieutenaid-Oovernor ; 
from 1 SiU to "I'li; was mem her and Vi(/e- President, of tin' State Const il ut ional 
Convention; later was nnide [n'riuaneiit pi-esidiuL;' olficer of the rnion 
Con\'(Mition wliiidi met in Syraiaise in isiil. He has hei-n distinguished f(ir 
legislative al.)ility. fdi' tlie planning of god 1 laws ami tact to secure theii' 
adoption; logical, acute, disi-rinuuating, A\itli p(pwei' tn gras]> salient ])oints, 
with an imposing presence and commandiiie' manner, lu' was I'm many years 
a ])ower in the New Vork AssenUdy. ^Ii-. .\l\ord was Spealcer in ls.")Sand 
ISCit; was also Speak'er in IST'.I, when the new ('a-jiitol at Albany was just 
opened anil occupied, fie was meirihei' and \'ice- Pi'osident of the State 
Constitntiijual C'on\-ention in lsi)4. fifty years after his election to the Assem- 
bly. His ijolitical prominence ami genial idiai-acter will m.it cease to atti'act 
to him wliile lie lives those who are ambitions for all the honors thi' ballot 
confers, and to win and hold for fiim the kindly regard of unnumbered 
frii^nds. There a.re two sons, Elisha and Thomas (J., Jr., and one daughter, 
Helen Lansing, now ]\Irs. James A. Clienev. 



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JAMES CROUSE. 



jaMES CROUSE. 




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|HIS extremely finished and elegant white marlile monument to the 
memory of Mr. and Mrs. James Grouse was the first to be 
ei-ected in Oakwood. Having the first choice of a lot, the family 
selected the knoll located directly iu front of where the dedication services 
were held. Mr. Grouse was one of the prominent and successful men of his 
day, being associated at the time of his death with his Ijrother, the late John 
Grouse, under the firm name of J. & J. Grouse. Three of their children 
are living— George N. and Gharles E. Grouse, in this city, and Glara, now 
Mrs. Gharles L. Bartlett in Utica. The graves of their three deceased 
children are gathered beside their own. Mr. Grouse died June -^it, 1858. 

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llLLIAM BROWN SMITH, Second Pre.si.U'iit of Oakwood, 
was elected iu 18S7, soon after the deniii^e of General Leav- 
■nworth, jiis large experience as nurseryman ami florist being 
],;irt of his adajitation for the position. Taken in connection with 
Ills tar-reaclung business interests and practical intelligence, the choice 
was eminently fitting. He was born in the town of Brighton, Monroe 
County, New York, March •.'. 1815. A resolute farmer's boy, young Smith 
shrank from no effort by wLicli hr could earn an honest living, doing 
at twelve years of age a man's work. He lost liis mother when but a few 
(htys (dd and lived for thirteen years in the family of his foster-mother, 
:ilrs. Jeremiali Maples, his father. Job C. Smith, having married again and 
moved to Huron. Ohio. After presi.stent struggle the young man learned 
the trade of cabinet making. His sturdy faithfulness won him many 
friends. He worked in summer and went to school in winter, as many of 
our country's greatest men have <lone, and when he was twenty-one had 
made a fair start. In spite of oiTers at length made him by his father, he 
preferred to remain with friends he had made for himself, and continueil in 
th(- cabinet shop of :\Ir. Jenner of Palmyra as foreman for several years, 
leaving witli 81.000. He then went into the mercantile business in West 
Walworth. Here li<^ married Miss Lucy Yeomans, who lived but a few 
months. He afterward married Miss Augusta Boardman, came to Syracuse 
and, joining Mr. Alanson Thorp in the j)ur(diase of a few acres of land, went 
into the nui'sery business. He has now hundreds of acres in this business 
and the Lakeside Stock Farm, having associated witli him his son-in-law, 
Mr. E. A. Powell, and his sons. Wing R. and W. Judson Smith. His early 
struggles f(.ir success weie a prophecy ol' what he has achie>"ed in our midst, 
where everythijig he has touched has prosj)ered. Honored with many 
])ositions of trust, hajijiy in his unbroken family, the lesson of his life to 
others as to them is this: "That industry, temperance, truth, honesty and 
faithfulness to duty ari^ the best foundations for a successful life." 

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THE SUMNER TOMB. 



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.DWIN VOSE SUMNER, whose ancestors came from Bicester, 

Eii,t;-lan<l, t(i Maasacliu setts in KKU, was born in Boston, January 
:!!, liiiil. His parents intended liim for a mercantile life, but 
the military spirit of his maternal grandfather. General Joseph Vose 
of Revolutionary fame, survived in the grandson and, at an early age, 
he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in tlic United States army. From 
this time until his death Generttl Sumner's life was a series of services 
tc.) liits eouidry — in Indian camiiaigns, in command of the cavalry school 
at Carlisle Barracks, and in the Mexican war, where he was twice 
brevetted for gallantry. After the Mexican war General Sumner was 
selected to inspect and report on the cavalry branches of the English, French 
and Spanish armies, and spent some months in Europe. On his return he 
was appointed Colonel of the First Cavalry. For some years his life was 
passed in the saddle. He rendered valuable services in Kansas and in the 
Indian campaigns, and was known amongst the Sioux and other then war- 
like tribes as "The cliief who slept with one eye open." 

On the breaking out of the civil war in ISiW, he was comnussioned 
Brigadier-General and (ivdorrd to California, where, by his prompt and 
decisive action, he saved lluit State t<i the Union. In the autumn of .1801 he 
was placed in command of the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac, 
and took part in the eventful campaigns of 18()1 and 1802. General 
McClellan telegraphed Mrs. Sunmer after the battle of Fair Oaks, "Your 
husband saved the Union army this day." The Second Corps claims never 
to have lost a gun or i\ guidi.ni while under General Sumner's command. In 
Iso;), by his own request and at the solicitation of the people of Missouri, he 
was transferred to the command of that department, biit while en route was 
stricken down in Syracuse with an illness which terminated his life in two 

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(lays. His last wdi-iIs wuri', "(Joil save my cuuntry, tlie Uuitcil States of 
.Viiicrica." 

^\ p[M'i)|iria1r rcsiil III iiiiis wrvr |>as8cil in tin.' Le^islat ure i.if Massai'liiiset Is, 
Ills iiati\'i' State, and iu tlie Lei^islatufe uf New ^'l)^k. His reiuaiiis lay in 
state in the ( 'ity Hall of Syi'aruse a,nil were vicwi'd liy thousands, wlio 
ernwdrd lhi> trains fi-i mi the east and west, in pay hiui the last Iniiiui'. 

(irneral Siiuincr niari'ii'd i-arly in life, Hannah Wi(d<ershani Fnrster, 
datighter of Hmi. Thomas Forster of Eiie, Pa. She was a woman of rare 
<-ha,raeter, and a ht lirl)imfft for Iht distint;uished husliand. Hfi- remains 
lie iicsidc those of (leneral Sumner in the Sumner lomh. Six ehildreu 
survive these honcjred parents — ('olonel Edwin Vose Sumner, I'nited States 
army; Colonel Sauiuel S. Sumn<'i-, United States arm\'; Mrs. N. .leid<ins, 
:\Irs. Euij;-ene E. MeLeau, Mrs. Armistead L. Loiiy and Mrs. William \V. 
Teall, wife of Colonel ^Villiam W. Teall of Syracuse, wIkj served on General 
Sumner's stalf during the civil war and in whose house, on Fayette Park, 
General Sumner dieil March -.'1, isc,:!. 



Iirave lieiirt, jj;ou<l iiightl the evening shailows fall: 
fSilenced the ti-ainpiug feet, the wailing dirge, 
The cannon's roar: faint dies tlie bugle call, 
"Lights (luf " — the sentry's tread scarce wakes the hush 

Good night! 

Thy silence speaks, and tells of honor, truth. 
Of faithful service, — generous victory; 
A nation saved, for thee a nation weeps. 
Clasp hands again through tears! Our leader sleeps! 

Good night! 




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THE LONCSTREET TOMB. 



THE LOyMGSTREET TO^IB. 



^wp^N a liistorj' of Oakwood prepared manv years since by Mr. H. P. 
FlM« Smitli may be found a vi.o-nette representing- the fii'st tomb erected 
by the late C. Tyler Long-street. It was snlistantially liuilt of gray 
stone and its architecture -was attractive. It, however, tailed to bear the 
tests of time and the foundation was unfavoralily affected bj^ the frosts of 
our sharp Northern winters. Therefore it was taken down and gave place 
to the elegant pyramidal mausoleum wiiich crowns one of the loveliest knolls 
in Oakwood. No pains or exi)ense were spared to jdace this structure upon a 
foundation so deep as to be unreached by frost or storm. 

--ImiiKirtality, with finger spired. 

Points to yon distant starry world and says, 

There, there is my home." — P. I. Baily. 

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ORNELIUS TYLER LON(JSTREET was boni in Onniidaga 
Valley, April I'.t, ISU. His lather, ('onielius Lont>-sti'eet, was 
Lorn in New Jersey, but came to ()non<laga Hill in isul-'i and 
HiarriiMl Di'lioraJi Tylei'. C. Tyler was tlic yonn,i;-i'st of lier five eliililren and 
his father died heforr he was a year old, so that to his mother's unselfish 
efforts he owed evei'ything he becamr in aftei- life. He was for many years 
a succi'ssful clothiiii;- mer(diant in this city, went afterward to New ^'(.ii k to 
establish one of his sons in business, and retired from active life in Isc,-.'. He 
returueil to Syracuse, which he had always called home, and of whose inter- 
ests he was ever ndndful, having- always resp(_)nd(Ml lilierally to its needs. 

In ISi;:! Mr. Longstreet was made one of the Directoi's of the First 
National Bank of Syracuse,, the second of its kind in the f'lnti'd States, its 
first President beinj;' the distin,n-uished tiiiancier. E. B. Judson, who still 
occupies the same position in the same institution. ]\Ir. Longslreet 
contiiiue<l in the Board of Directors of tliis hank until his ileatli. He was 
also one of the ori.ii'inal incorporators (jf tlie ^Mechanics' Bank of Syracuse 
organized in August, is.'il, and a Director of it for nearly thirty years. Hi 
politics he was a steadfast Republican from the foundation of that part^', 
though he never sought m" desired public office. Few men have less to 
regret in their lives than he. His intere.st in (^)akvvood was from its 
beginning, and the mausoleum upon liis beautiful lot is jirobably as 
substantial, tasteful and elegant as any other within the enclosure. Mr. 
Lougstreet died July 4, lS8f, and he sh'cps among many of his kindred in 
the place he had i)i-e])ared for his hist I'est. 

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CRAVE OF COMFORT TYLER. 



GRaVE OF COcVIFORT TyLER. 




|HREE tablets lie ni)oii the l)eautiful turf in the rear of tlie 

Longstreet tomb. The three to whose memory they were first 

set up, began their long sleep elsewhere, but Air. Longstreet 's 

family, witli a beautiful reverence for their aged kindred, had them brought 

from their first resting-place and reinterred on their grounds. The tablets 

bear the following inscriptions : 

Grandfather of C. Tyler Longstreet. 

In Alemory of 

Comfort Tyler, who died August 5, 18'it, 

Aged (;:> years. 

His remains with this stone were removed from Montezuma, X. Y., June 

4, bss,"), by his grandchildren of three generations. 

Deborah Wemple, 

First wife of Comfoi't Tyler, 

Half sister of General Herkimer and Grandmother of C. Tyler Longstreet. 

Died at Caughnawaga, Mohawk Valley, 

1785. 

In Memory of 

Elizabeth, wife of Comfort Tyler, 

Who died October 21, 182:, 

Aged .38 years. 

Removed from Montezuma, N. Y. 

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A)MF()R'r TYLER was hdvn in Aslifnnl, Conn., Felirnary •.'■2, KD-i. 
He was one of tlie earliest settlers in Onondaga Valley, and was a 
a'i^"'^^ snrveyor, liaAing accunipanieil the exi)eclition of Sir Jaines Clinton 
to estalilisli Ihe houndaries between New Yoi-k ami Pennsylvania. He was 
associated with the Danfortlis in all the early history of Onondaga County. 
Hi' came with his wile to locati' ])enna.iient ly in lls'.i and was lar:;idy 
instriunental in pi-oiiioling the aftergn.jwth of this histi_)ric valley. He \va.s 
personaJlx' |iroiiiiiitMit in every etTort foi' o])enint;- new I'oads, hnildiiig liridges, 
felling ti-ees anil doiiiii- the hardy pioneer's work. He and Mr. Hanforth 
located tlie salt spi-iiigs and made the liist salt. He was a grea,t favorite 
witli the Tiidians, who trusted him. He wa-s most influential in the settle- 
ment of the counti'y and comprehended upon tlie hi'oadest scale the means of 
improving it. In Isll he removed to Montezuma, Cayuga County, N. Y., 
and organized a conipan\ for the mannfai-ture of salt. He entered the 
American army in isi-.'. was i-ommissioned Assistant Commissary-General 
with the rank of Colonel, and served to the close of the wai'. He was one of 
the eai'liest advocates uf the i-aual policy of the State. Colonel l^yler's tii-st 
wife was Dehorah Wi^mple, half-sister of (Jeneral Herkimer. She died soon 
aftei' their nuirriage, leaving a. daughter who married Cornelius Longstreet. 
His second wife was Elizaheth Brown. Their remains were hrouiiht to 
Syracuseand reinteri'cd upon the lieautiful k'noll m^ar the tomb of their grand- 
son, C. Tyler Longstivet. Cidonel Tyler died at Moidezuma Au,i;ust .">, Is-.T. 

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INTERIOR LONCSTREET TOMB. 



I/VTERIOR LOA'GSTREET TOiXIB. 



^»rTjl) thiise will I luivf passed hfure see the "place prepared"" fur 

lll^ifi '■^'-'"' ^'^^^ ^'*^^^- ^''"'^' ■^^'""^''- ■"' I'^'i'li^tp''^ tl"'y '!"' '■'■■■ilize lii>\v tender, 
(a«,ffr^5^ ceaseless and lieaiitiful is the luiuistry n\' \,,\r tliat watches o'er 
their sleep. There is an extpiisite vailo<l statue that chains the beholder's 
attention with its delicate beauty. There are also many tablets within this 
tomb. First— to the memory of C. Tyler Longstreet and his immediate 
family; to the memory of Comfort Tyler and his wife; to Cornelius Long- 
street and Deborah, his wife; to Mrs. Ann M. Tread well Redfield, the 
mother of Mrs. Longstreet; to James Longstreet, his l.)rotlier; to Jonathan 
C. Chase, a valued friend who is still living in this city; and one to Henry 
Davis, Jr., a dearly-loved relative and friend who die(l in Graefenberg, 
Silesia in Austria, Septeml)er, lS-t4. He was a member of the Bar of this 
city, splendidly educated, highly respected in his i)rofessiou and in the 
community. He was considered one of the most elegant men of his day 
and time. There being no monument to his memory in this cemetery, this 
tribute of respect has been offered that he may be remembered with the 
friends who loved him and who now rest in Oakwood. 

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,EWIS HAMILTON REDFIELD was born at Faimiu.^ton, Coim., 
X<iv(.nii1)ci- ".'d, K'.f.'. His fatlier, Peleg Redtiuld, Avas a sdldicr in 
till' ai-niy ol' Wasliingtuii. He iiioxt'il first to Sutlirld, Conn., aiul 
afterward (in 17'.)'.») to C'lil'tc.jn Springs, (Ontario Ctninty, X. Y. 
His son Lewis knew fully wliat the liar(lslii])s of the early settler's life were 
and, iineiiual to them, he sought spe("dily the independence a well-known 
t)'a,ile gives any man. He loved reading and so was happ\' in his appi'en- 
ticesliip to .famrs I). Beinis, publislirr of tlic Oufdnd ll( jiDsHdnj at 
('a.nan<laigiia, N. V. In si.x years he knew his trade well and had a large 
fund of general information at his coniniaiid. He Ijegau business at 
( )noiidaga Valley and iinding many f|-iends to i-ncourage, with ]\Lr. Beuiis's 
aid he commenced to publish the ( )iiniiil(i(j(i Ri'i/ister, which reached a la.i'ge 
circulation. At the close of the war of \S\-i Mr. Redtield took up the then 
new project of the Erie canal. 

People of pi-oniinence wrote for his paper and it cpiiekly took- the lead 
of all country newspapers of thi^ State in chararter and influence. Changes 
made liy ilie opeiung of the canal led him to i-onie to Syracuse^ as offering a 
Ijroader lield I'oi' his energies. His paper was con,sididated witli the 
Si/nicti.sp (lii-(tt(, begun in 1 S-^:! by Jolin Oumford. For their accommoda- 
tion Mr. Redlield built a block on the present site of the < )n(nidaga Cf.ninty 
Savings Bank, where he had also a. thriving bookstore. He retireil in I84"2, 
having attaineil a comiietency. 

Mr. Redfield mari'ied, February T, l^-.'o, Miss Ann Maria Treadwell, 
who survived Inm several years. Tiiey reari'cl a large family, who inherit 
fine intellectual emlowments from both fatluM- and mother. Mr. Redfield 
never ceaseil to take great pride in his profession. He was not ambitious 
for public office, though much respecteil and the recipient of many 
journalistic and political courtesies from our citizens. He loved Nature 
well, and always said there were few fairer spots than this beautiful Valley 
of Onondaga. Mr. Redfield left two sons and four chiughters. He died 
July U, 1882. 

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LEWIS H. REDFIELD. 



LE\\^I§ H. REDFIELD. 



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jHIS tasteful Gothic monumeut of Onondaga limestone was erected 
in Mr. Redfield's lifetime. The bust is bis and the speaking 
epitaph tells a beautiful story of the most commendable Christian 
life-work of him who now sleeps beside it : 

'■ A worn and battered form, gone to be recast more beautiful and perfect." 

The second grave within this enclosure is that of Mrs. Ann M. T. 
Redlield. Above it is placed a ledger of Westerly granite, on which lies a 
closed book not to be opened "Until the day break and the shadows flee 
away." 

"A Cliristian cemetery is a cradle where, with quiet motions of the 
globe, Jesus rocks his sleeping children." — Henry T. Cheever. 

"The stream is calmest when it nears the tide, 
The flowers are sweetest at the eventide, 
And birds most musical at close of day. 
And saints divinest ere they pass away. " 

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^JwW?:?NN MARIA TREADWELL REDFIELD was born January 
IT, 1 son. and (lied June 15, isss. Slip was one of the last rep- 
rt'scntative wuinrii dI' tin.' i/ai-ly ilaysnf ( )n(_)nila,L;'a. and Syracuse. 

Had she roumlrd (nit the ei'ntury, many lieside the hearts that Imrd her 

wiiuld have felt hei' intiuenee and been the ha{)})ii'i'. 

She sleeps among tliese i|iiiet shades, 

Tlic uri'di fartli oCr licr breast: 
And niid the grass thi' violets 

In odorous beauty drost. 

How niu<-li slie loved tliost- vory tlowi'rs' 

Their names and nature kniu : 
And from each ereaturr Hod Ijad made 

Its wondrous k'sj-on drew. 

How muih ^,he eraved the very best 

That Seience had to give ! 
With wliat avidity she read 

Books tliat were made to live! 

Hers was a many sided life — 

For Home's dear sake she wrought; 
Her mother heart was large and strong, 

With Life's best leanings fraught. 

How Friendship crowned her witli its gifts 

Tliat eame from near and far, 
And "honors thick upon her" prest, 

That for the faithlul are. 

Who was a neighbor like to her! 

Her toucli in sickness blest; 
Who better then could nunister 

With latent powers possessed'? 

Now, though the "shadows" o'er her fall, 

Hath dawned for her Heaven's "day", 

And in its light inell'able 

Her powers shall ne'er decay. 

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C^Co-'^l^ ?^i i/. jSg^<^l^tj!.Z^yO' 




JAMES L. BACG. 



jaMES L. B^GG. 




jHIS beautiful sarcophagus of Westerly granite, erected not long 
since by Mr. Bagg, is situated in one of the loveliest spots in 
Oakwood. It stands a little southwest from the Longstreet 
tomb and from this locality the visitor may obtain a grand view of Dedication 
Valley and the eastern hills beyond, together with many of the most 
stately tombs and monuments. 

"Touch us gently, Time! 
Let us glide adown thy stream 
Gently as we sometimes glide 
Through a quiet dream. 
Humble voyagers we be. 
Husband, wife and child are we. 
One is lost — an angel fled 
To the azure overhead." 

"A well-spent life has its ripened experience, its mellow wisdom, its 
remembrances of peace and its hopes full of immortality. It may be useful 
to the last, and perhaps more useful as it draws nigh to the end. Does it 
not tread closer on the heavenly world ? " 

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THE LILy POJ^D, 



^iWM^M()N(; the ai-cliives of Oakwood is iki " E-'yiitian Book of the 
l)ea(l," l)iit not far to tlic Idt ol its entrance is a. niiiiialTU-e 
lake wliicli is filled with the rarest variety of water phuits. 
Here may he seen in its .i;lory tlie magnificent Egyptian lotus. The 
lilossom is ahoiit six inches in ilia-mcter. Its eoloi'S are a. delicate jiink 
and white. The clark green leaves a-re ahout two feet in diameter. These 
grow high in the air and are supjiortt'd hy a stem wliicli meets the lower 
jiart of the h-af in the center. The eilges turn nj), forming a perfect cu]i. 
When it rains the water is eanglit and held by this cu]i until the weight of 
the water causes the cup to sway, the stem liends and it runs out. There 
are several other interesting flowers in the ]iond. There are pink and blue 
water lilies from Zanzibar anil light yellow ones from France. A large 
white lily with great i)ods comes from the British Isles. Pink ones from 
Cape C'od flourish beside those which grow so lu.\uriantly in the low waters 
and marshes of our own rountry. The beil in whicdi these tiowers grow is a 
basin (.)f concrete filled to the depth of I'ighteen inches with rich soil, into 
which the water is bi-ought. The ])ond is stock'ed with gold tish, which 
sei've to keep it free from impurities. 

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THE LILY POND. 




HENRY D. DENISON. 



HE/^Ry D. DEAHSO/^ 




'here stands ujniu this enclosiii-r belonging to the Deuisnn family 
an exceedingly elaborate monnnient to Dr. Denison. It is 
surmounted by a group of statues suggesting the Vii-gin, tiie 
infant Jesus and St. John the Baptdst. The carvings are exipiisite. Near it 
is placed a graceful memorial to a son who recently died, bearing the simple 
inscription, ' ' Lucius. " 

" Tliere is a lamt mine eye liath seen 

In visions of enraptured tliou;;hl. 
So bright that all that spreads between " 

Is with its radiant glory fraught. 
A land upon whose blissful shore 

There rests no shadow, falls no stain ; 
There those wlio meet shall part no more. 

And those long parted meet again. 

Its skies are not like earthly skies. 

With varying hues of sliade and light; 
It hath no need of suns to rise 

To dissipate the gloom (jf niglit. 
Tliere sweeps no desolating wind 

Across the calm, serene abode ; 
The wanderer there a home may find 

Within the Paradise of God." 

Mary Bradford CrotrningsJiield. 

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.ENH"*' I)P:LM.\T?:R DEXISON came of a notable Npw England 



family and was tlic son nf T)r. Daniel Denison of 8tonin,t;ton, 
('(iiiii., wliu was born there March :il, ITsT. He was a 
thoroughly educated and e(|ui[nied [ihysician, who came on horseback to 
Poniiiey, Onomla-ga. C'ouuty, almost a century ago, where he settled for life 
and won the highest esteem nf all w)in knew him. He died in 1S54. 

Henry, his eldest sdii, was luirn at Pompey, March •'•2, lS-2-.'. Having 
linisheil his education he, Idh. studied medicine at Castleton, Vt., retiring 
with hiiiiiirs and going tiience for a. two-years" course at Columbia ("ollege, 
New ^'nrk, where lie wnn further disi inction. Returning to Pompey he 
joined, his father in practiiT with muidi success. So great was his sympathy 
for those who sulfereil that he was forced to give \x\> his profi'ssion for 
other pursuits. He married Miss Melissa Soutlierland and came to Syracuse 
in is.'io. He engaged actively in business affairs here, mainly in the 
cciustructioii of railroads and large ])nb]ic works. He also engaged in other 
enterprises in which his eminent sagacity uniformly led to successful 
results. He was a man of calm, cool anil hjgical Judgment, always ready to 
apply his liest powers to the solution of business prolilems for his friends 
and acf|uaintaiices as well as for himself. 

]jr. I)enisou was always a go(.id Democrat; a lo(/al leader of commanding 
influence', wIk.i never sought or accepted fiftice, though often a delegate to 
State and National Conventions. Dr. Denison was singularly kind-hearted 
and generous: no worthy charity appealed to him in vain. He was frank, 
courteous and hospitable, and a firm advocate of education as the best cure 
for many evils. Those who knew him best most ajipreciated his superior 
characteristics and strength (if mind. He died December 24, 1883, leaving 
many to mourn him, lieside his widow and three sons, Lucius S., Franklin 
P. and Charles A. Denison. 

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^la fe; te^JS^Hl^. )^ iz-b. »f Wg^MtfC — WiJlWa^i* ^' 



THE CRANCER TOMB. 



^MKS^MOS P. GRANGER was Lorn in Suffield, Hartford County, 
-5r;;7»i2»i|r Connecticut, June :!, ITsu. He came to Manlius, Gnondaga 
"A^^^S County, N. Y., in 1811. He was married to Miss Charlotte 
Hiekox at Manlius, December "21, Islc. In 1 si 7 lie removed to Gnondaga 
Hill. In October, ls-31, lie removed to Syracuse, where be died August -20, 
ISiiii. He was a. member of the first Board of Trustees (lS-2.5); he was 
several terms President of the village corjjoration, and his name is identified 
with every stej) of the growth and prosj^erity of Syi'acuse. He was one of 
tlie founders of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church (1S2(})-, thirty-tive 
years warden of the parish and its most substantial supiiorter. A thorough 
student of the history of the Church, he was zealons and consistent, and was 
the wise counselor and friend of its Bishops— Hobart and DeLaucey — and of 
the clergy of the diocese. For half a century he was identified with the 
politics of Gnondaga County, first as a Clintoniau Republican, then as a 
Jackson Democrat, next as a Whig, and finally as a Rt^publican, in the 
fornuitiou of which party he was a leading spirit. He was elected to 
Congress in lS.5-t and is.id, where his record was most honorable. He was 
devoted heart and soul to the great cause of human liberty. He held firmly 
to the Republican war and reconstruction policy of 1861-66. He raised and 
commanded a regiment of militia, which was on duty at Sacket's Harbor in 
181-2. Remaining several years in the service, he became a General and was 
known by that title in later life. 

Mrs. Granger was born at Conway, Mass., March 5, IV.h). Previous to 
her marriage she taught a school for six years at Manlius, Gnondaga 
County, N. Y. Of position and influence, she was independent in judgment, 
with great decision of character. She was the first made member of St. 
Paul's Church, and always active in parish work. Exercising generous 
hospitality, her sympathies, with liberal benefactions, were uniformly on the 

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side of the i)oor, tlio oppres-sel ami friendless. Tliere was in Mrs. Grani^er 
a |ii-i»linality nf spontaneous wit, hnnioi- and allusi(ni. Tlie briglitesl and 
liest of wcinien, hei- name was as familiar as li(.)Useliol(l W(jrds tlirunghout 
<)niindaua ('nunty. After her husband's death she took pride in "raaintain- 
int;- a iic[iuhliran house," as he had left it — at the Imnie i.m Churcdi street, 
huilt hy (Jeni'ral (rrang'er in lS-2('>, where slii' died July -t, iss-^. 

Siiiiii- tiinr we shall staml cm a stiaii.^c, di.n shore, 

With llutteriiit;' pulses ami trcnililin;; feet. 
And wait and listen, as thr(inj;h the dusk 

The nmlHed rhythm of swift oars l)eat; 
I'oi- over the Sea so louelv and u ide, 

Whose waves on the shore of Life beat ehill, 
A feir\inau crosses back and forth, 

.\nd larriis whonie er lie w ill. 

.\u<l if he sail in the niornm.i; hoiu's, 

At noon, or tuilinlit. or nudiii^ht dim. 
His shallo[i is always laden full. 

For all must travel uilli him; 
The aged ones, and the stronjr, and fair. 

The ehildren pure as the angels be, — 

All, all must .answer the lio.atman's eall, 

.\iiil s.iil on the unknown sea, 

Lillian (Ircjj. 

CM-,) 




t^/^rUTiT (f ^^h-CC/?lj^4yp 




C. L. HICKOX AND C. F. SAUL. 



C. L. HICKOX aA^D C. F. S^UL. 




^HIS fine monunient to the memory of Lester Hiekox is situated 
ill the eastern jiart of tlie cemetery on an eminence commanding 
a beautiful view of the surrounding country. It was erected by 

his niece, Mrs. Charles F. Saul. Mr. Hiekox was a nejiliew of Mrs. A. P. 

Granger and a lifelong citizen of Syracuse. He was a successful contractor 

and builder, and a man of uprightness and integrity. He died in this city 

October '^s, iSSii, aged 0!t years. 

Oh. friemls. lU-ar Iriends, wlien it shall he 
That this low bivatli is gone from me, 

And round ni,y liier ye come to weep, 
Let one, most loving of you all. 
Say, not a tear must o'er him fall, 
"He giveth His beloved sleep. " 

E. B. Bromiimj. 
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rr^yr-'JiyZO^ 



Ll/l'H CLARK' was l.di-n in Sayln-nok. C'imn., Octdln-r .".. ISOt. 

fi'^ His family Idi- geiicratiniis jn'cvidus hail resided tlierc. His 

fatlii-r inuvcd to Cifevo, ( )noiidai;;i ('oiiiitv, scttliiii;' tliere in ls-.';i. 



As the C(ninti'v was alnmst unbi'Dkcn lie did a ])iuneer"s work thei'e, hut 
went to Mieln,n-a,n in Is:!!, wliere both parents dieiL 

Young ('lark was oidy lifteen years of a,t;-e when he canie to this (Miunty 
with his father, next to the youngest of a I'ainily of <deven. He ah>ne 
survives. He went inimediattdy into Inisiness and liis cai-eer has proved 
that well-use<l natural gifts may educate for prartieal life as widl as books. 
He dill a variety of work till ls:;4, when he engaged in the lumber business, 
leasing the mill property of Heni-y Seymour. In is:!; Mr. Seymoui' died, 
and Mr. Clark bought a half interest iu the property ; the other lia,lf being 
owned by Kx-( xovernor Seymour. This assoriation eontiuued till jstr,, when 
Mr. Clark beeanie sole owner, selling half to Hon. Thonnis (i. Alvoi'd. 
Tiiey carried on the business till Isc,:'., when Mr. Clai'k retired from active 
business. In ls4i; he had interested himself largely in salt manufacture, 
both coarse and fine. He was one of the originators of the Salimi Comijany 
and holds a controlling portion of its stock. He was Director of the Salt 
Springs Bank till he left the city; also Trustee of the Syracuse Savings 
Bank. He is an unswerving Democrat and lias voted the straight ticket 
uninterru])tedly for fifty years. History of both Syracuse and Salina tells 
of many public ottices held by him. Honesty and integrity have idiaracter- 
ized his whole life, and. though eighty-four, he retains all the powers ot 
judgment and prudence that governed him in his ])rime. He married Miss 
Jei'usha Spencer of Onondaga CVmnty, and of their ten children but three 
survive. Their mother died in ISH.i. In isc/j Mr. Clark married Miss 
Augusta Peck of Lyme, Conn., and in IStS removed to that place, though 
mmdi of his time is spent iu Syracuse. 

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JOSEPH SLOCUM. 



9 6--2j!_3fi g^p^ (^LOCUM, the eldest sun df William Brown Slocum ami 



^IbIK Olivia Josselyn, Ids wife, a lineal descemlent of Captain Miles 
(4BfN Standish, was born July ID, IT'.i.i, in Rensselaer County, N. Y. 
His father, born in Rhode Island, chose to have a stock farm, and imme- 
diately upon his marriage in Pembroke, Mass., removed to the farming 
country in Rensselaer County, where nine children were born. Joseph 
aspired to a professional life and early left tlie farm, going tirst to 
Cincinnati and thence to New Orleans, where he was seized with the yellow 
fever. With broken health he returneil to the North and undertook a 
journey through Central New York on horseback. Finding what he 
considered a remarkalile business opening in Syracuse, namely, the salt 
springs and building of the Erie canal, he decided to locate, and from 1820 
was closely identitied with the city's growth. He was owner of the tirst line 
of boats for transportation on the Erie canal, with a warehouse and several 
stores on its south bank, near the Warren street bridge. Great prosperity 
attended Mr. Slocuni's liusiness ventures, and he acquired much valuable 
land in the vicinity of Syracuse. Generous to a fault, his friends always 
found sympathy from him and he readily endorsed tlieii- notes. But panic 
came, and in the great one of ISIJT Mr. Slocum met with reverses, against 
which he struggled many years. Seeking fortune, he went to Russia, and 
returned with an order from that government fur various agricultural 
implements. He introduced the American plow into Russia, but his 
impaired health comitelled his return. He was elected to the Assembly in 
184G, and held many positions of trust. 

A Silver Grey Whig, Mr. Slocum was an ardent admirer and supporter 
of Henry Clay, and was prostrated by Clay's defeat by Polk. Daniel 
Webster, on his visit to Syracuse, was received by Mr. Slocum. Hon. 
William H. Seward, Hon. Pharez Gould and other distinguished men were 

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also eiit<Tt;iiiiiMl in Afr. Sloeuiii's hospitable house. Though of Quaker 
descent, his desire for |mlilie noi.iil led him to take an active interest in the 
huildiiii;- (if the First Presbyterian clnu'cdi. He was one of its first Boa,rd 
of Trustees and the warm friend of its early Pastor, Rev. John W. Adams. 
Mr. Slocnm marrii-d in ls-,'4, ]Miss Mar,i;'aret Pierson Jerinain, a lady 

\vl oniliiiied in heiself nmst attractive graces of manner and (diaracter. 

'I'heir lirsl home was at the old ^Mansion House, which stood on the present 
site of the Kmpii'e House. Mrs. Slocuni survix'ed her husband many years. 
They left two (diildreii. Mari,Mret Olivia,, wife of Russell Sage, and Joseph 
Jei-main Slocum, now residents of New "^'orl< cil\'. Mr. Slocuin died 
:\la,rch :;n, isi;;;.. 

"Ilis iiaine u syiKinyiii I'dr Iidikh- st;iiiils. 
For tluit rii'li lierit;tj;v uf stiiiiil<'s-i vimis, 
Wlieic tniir of naught l>ut proliity iipiiears. " 

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(l^(3,d^eA'£'^^l(2-cui-^t. 



i/^ad^eAn- 




SYLVESTER P. PIERCE. 



SyLVESTER F. FIERCE. 



• HIS inoiiuiiu'iif, erected liy tlie. Pierce I'amily, is indeed Ixitli 




unique and elegant. It stands npon an eminence commanding a 
most beautiful view of Dedication Valley. It is substantially 
built of Westerly granite, roofed and pillared, and may be properly styled a 
buttressed sarcophagus. Standing as it does in full view of one of the main 
avenues, it is praised and admired by all who visit this beavitiful spot. 

"Oh, friends of my mortal years, 

The trusted and the true. 
Ye are walking still through the Valley of Tears, 

But I wait to welcome you." 

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S^iyr^Vl.VESTP:R PHIXEAS pierce was 1h,i-ii 111 Sauquoit, Onei'la 




|r*^pl^' ('(Jiiiity, X. Y.. September I'.i, 1SM-. He was one of a lart,''e 
r,-iiiiily. tlic sou nf Dr. Spauliliut;- Pieive and Abigail Bacon. Dr. 
Pieri-e c-anii- fmiu Plaiutidd, Conn., ami liis witV from Athol. ]\Iass. They 
came to Paris. ( )nciila County, in ll'.ni, ami ydung Pierce, fatherless at the 
age of twelve, fdunil if necessary to seek eniiili)ynu>nt. He went at once into 
the \illage store, renuiining there sevei-al years. He next was clerk for Jay 
Hathaway nf Rome, X. Y., and later with Theodnre T. Gould of Utica. 
After a, tei'm of years he went intu the crockery hnsiness with Ransom 
Curtis (if the same city, Imt was sent to (_)swey<i to chise out other business 
of the lirm. and remained (.me year. In the spring (.)f 183'.) he came to 
Syracuse and, with ;\Ir. Curtis, ojiened a crockery store. They impoi'ted fr(nn 
England and handled the business with success from the start. Mi'. Curtis 
retired after four years, and Mr. Pierce continued the business on continually 
l)roa<lening lines until liis estaldishment became one of the largest in the 
country, with further inqKirtations from Germany, France and Holland, 
ilr. Pierce was connected with his tliree sons in prominent manufac- 
turing enterprises. In 1S41I tliey began a gas and water sujiply business, to 
wliich was adih'd steam heating and its kindred branches. This has grown 
to the enormous business of the Pierce, Butler & Pierce Manufacturing 
Company in tlie manufacture of tlie Florida Boiler fin- heating jiurposes. 
The firm has business branches in Xew York, Chicago and Boston. 

By his thoroughness, his lionorable aims, and unswerving integrity, 
Mr. Pierce wim the high esteem of his fellow men. He married in 1841 
Miss Cornelia Marsh of Geddes. They liad three sons. Marsh C, Charles 
H. and A\'illiam K. Pierce, and one daughter, Emma C, now Mrs. 
William Allen Butler. Mr. Pierce died November 5, 181t:K 

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^^^^*^^HARLES ANDREWS was born in New York Mills, Whitestown, 
Oneida County, on the STth of May, 1827. After liaAang attended 
the common schools, his education was comj^leted at the Seminarj^ 
of the Oneida Conference at Cazenovia, N. Y. Choosing the law 
as a profession, he familiarized liimself with its i_)rincii:iles and their appli- 
cations in the office of Sedgwick &: Outwater in Syracuse. He was 
admitted to practice in January, 1840, and took up his life-work in our 
midst, where legal business Avas then rapidly extending. The Onondaga 
County Bar had long contained men of high standing in jurisprudence, of 
conspicuous talent. In 1851 Mr. Andrews entered into partnership with 
Charles B. Sedgwick, under the firm name of Sedgwick & Andrews. In 
1853 he was elected District Attorney for a term of three years. In 1855 
George N. Kennedy joined this firm, and it thus existed till the elevation of 
Mr. Andrews to the Bencli of the Court of Appeals, in 1870. With other 
prominent citizens, he lent his influence in locating the Syracuse University 
here, and was appointed one of the five trustees representing our city. His 
official connection with the institution still continues. 

Mr. Andrews has been three times elected Mayor of our city. In 1867 
he w^as elected delegate-at-large to the Constitutional Convention of this 
State. He began his term as Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals July 
1, 1870. When Chief Judge Folger was elevated to the Secretaryship of the 
Treasury, Judge Andrews became his successor by appointment of Governor 
Cornell. In 1883 he was nominated by the Republicans for this highest 
judicial office of the State, but was defeated by the Democratic candidate, 
the late W. C. Ruger. In 1884 Judge Andrews was re-elected Associate 
Judge of the Court for a second term of years, having been nominated, with 
the late Judge Rapallo, by both parties. 

The honorary degree of LL. D. has been conferred upon Judge 
Andrews by Hamilton and Columbia Colleges. In 1855 Judge Andrews 
married Miss Marcia Shankland, daughter of the late Judge Shankland. 
They have two sons, William S. and Charles Andrews. 

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.f^«s'A:\rES KOHBINS LAWREXCE was bum in Nui'fulk. LitrlitifLI 
''imWiK CiHiiitw Ciniii., Sc|)t(>nil)er 11, \7'MK His fatlirr, (irovc L;iwiviic-i\ 
'J^N iviimvcil to ( )iH'iil;i C'ciiiuty in lIHo and tlit'rc difd, Icaxing his 
cliildrni til till' ciri' "( a wealthy gmiidfathrr. wlm gave tlifiii a goud 
ediicatiijii and livy liuudrt'd diillars with which to start litV. Mr. Lawreiicu 
graduated at the Hauiiltuu (Oneida County) Academy in 1810. He studied 
law with ;\[edad Curtis at (Jnondaga Hill, developing legal aliility which 
idtimately ranlccd liim aumug the best lawyers of the State. After 
ailniissiiin to the Bar hr prarliced law in Ciiniillus, Imt needing a. larger 
lield Fur the use <>( his talents he came to Syracuse in is:i'.i, wliere he 
jiursui'd his profession t'oi- nniny years. He liad great ])i-i_)fessional pride, 
always looking u[>on the law as a shield against injustice. His political 
preferences wi/rr strong. 

One of the must trying positions Juifge Lawrence ever held was lliat of 
United States District Attorney, to which he was ai)pointed by President 
Fillmore in Is.^iO. Duidng this term occurred tlie famous Jerry Rescue 
case, when he was forced to appear as prosecutor of ])i'ominent Abolitionists, 
liut he did his whole duty in face of a sti.irni of jiassion it raised against him. 
It was said of him by Hun. W. (.'. Runt.'r that '"Among the celebi'ated 
lawyers of the jirereding generation, (ieneral Lawrence always held a, 
coiuinanding pusitimi. ( )f a splendid physical presence, easy and natural 
elocution, uf (piick seiisi' of liumoi', kei.'ii perception and great industi'v and 
lu:irniiig, he was my beau ideal of a lawyer of the olden time.'' 

Judge Lawrence's first wife was Christy McLaren. She died in Mandi, 
is:i.-|. He afterward married Eureka. Spafford of Lansingburg, N. Y. He 
left a large estate, and, although totally blind for many years, Ids mind 
never failed and his heart never closed to tliose about him. He died at the 
old homestead on Xorth Salina street, March -21, l.sT4, in the eighty-fourtli 
vear of his age. 

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JAMES R. LAWRENCE. 



! 




PETER BURNS. 



PETER BUR/MS. 




(HIS imi^osing and eletjant moninnent stamls in fnll view From the 
"* main entrance to Oakwood. It is made from a 1)l(.)cl: of tlie 
finest Westerly granite and is siirmounted by an ex(]uisife statue, 
whose tender gaze seems striving wistfully to penetrate the blue beyond. If 
was erected some years since by Mr. Burns, who is at present one of the 
trustees of Oakwood Association. He has always favored any ninve tliat 
tends to make this (juiet resting place more ])eHutiful and attractive. 

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^■:ETER BURXS was of Irish descent and came fr(.)m Dul)lin, where 
lie was horn, to this cimntry with his father, David Bnriis, in 
isl'.i, when he was <inly five years nhh Tliey h)cated in Delaware 
County, his father n'oing to Xew Yurk tn carry mi his husiness as hrewer, 
hut niiived soon after to Ulstei' County and dieil there in 1850. His son 
came to Syracuse in is:;(i, hut not hefore he had hei^n trained to liahits of 
frugality, industry and morality in a thorough-going Dutch fainily. and had 
learned to love their (_'liiircli. He learned the saddler's trade hefore coming 
to Syracuse ami worked at it hi-re four years. Being out of health, in isto 
he took a Western triji. and on his return, lieing amhitious for a better 
education, went two years to ( )nondaga Academy, taking a teacher's diploma. 
Then being urged, he became iderk in a saddlery hardware store, remaining 
live years. Hi' had saved enough now to go into the same l>usiness for him- 
self. Jn is.'i:; hi- joined the late Kasson Frazer in manufactures of this sort, 
and maile a. steadily-increasing success until the death of Mr. Frazer in 1S7G, 
when their ]]roducti(_>ns had found market in almost every State in the 
Uni(_in. Ml'. Burns retired in ISTT, leaving to his son full possession of his 
interest in this business. 

In early days Mi'. Burns was a Whig, a strong anti-slavery man, but 
has since become an ardent Kepnblican. His ability has been variously 
recognized, especially l)y tw(.) terms in the Legislature, in ISM and 1ST",;, 
where he was instrumental in etfectiiig the passage of many ini])(jrta.nt 
measures, notably concerning railroads. 

Mr. Burns married, in IS.^:!, Miss Elizabetli Bates. They have two 
children, Hon. Willis B. Burns and Flora E., wife of Lyman C. Smith. 
.Mr. Burns has been a remarkably successful business man and he ccimmands 
the respect of the community for his unostentatious l)enevolence and his 
consistent Christian character. 

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OaKWOOD CHaFEL. 




T has always been the endeavor of the Association of Oakwood to 
^J keep pace with the demand for continual improvement in tlie 
appurtenances and superintendence of this Cemetery. Wlien one 
receiving vault became inadequate for its needs, another was built, and a 
very beautiful chajjel was erected not far from the main entrance to the 
Cemetery grounds on the north side of Midland avenue. Tliis was dedicated 
with approj^riate ceremonies on Wednesday, November 'H, 1880. When 
former residents brought home their dear ones from distant cities, here was 
a gathering-place for themselves and friends ; here was shelter from storms 
and a place already prepared for the temporary reception of their dead. 
Rev. Dr. Millard, now of Rochester, in his dedicatory address, said: "Any 
city may count it a piece of happy fortune to have in its vicinage for 
mortuary purposes a natural site so bountiful in provision, so beautiful in 
configuration, as these rolling ascents and sweeping summits that constitute 
our Cemetery. The appropriateness of locating burial-places outside city 
limits was felt from the earliest ages. The Hebrews, the Egyptians, the 
Greeks, provided spacious resting-places for the departed beyond the city 
walls. Among the Romans a law forbidding intra-mural burial dates 
back as early as the enactment of the Twelve Tables. After the Christian 

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o.f;i, fi'oni tlif> ilosii',;^ to a-^^ociati' "(r,)!rs Ai^rc" ■\vitli tin' cliui'(^li odifico, tho 
jifactice I if Inii'x'iiii;' in tlie churchyard, and .su witliiu tlic city walls, 
hecaine coiiimuii. But in later centuries, and especially since the Reforma- 
tion, there h;is heen a. decided and wlmlesonie tendency to return to 
the ancii'iit cnstuni. Nnj- dm-s tliis hetter ]ira<'tice draw its justificatidU from 
utilitarian reasuns solely. It is nut ahme sanitai-y cunsideratiims: it is also 
those of seendy and lieconnni;- sentiment that demaixl and sanction the 
custoiiMif extra-mural interment. D<i not nur liner feeliuns instincti\(d y 
di'c],-ire that not annd the heartless din. the hui'i-yint;- hustle ami thi' selfish 
turmoil of ;i ureal city is the hetittini;' placi? for our dead to repose V Moi'e 
(•(iiisonant to our sensihilities it is that they sleeji in retired, and ipiiet I'esoi'ts 
lik'e ()ak\\ood, where in Summer's noontiile air the l)ranches may gently 
wa\'e and the leaves sweetly rustle in peaceful re(|niem al)o\e theii' rest. 
No|- this alone, hut hei'ea.venieut, too, should have a (|uiet place like this, 
away from the confusion of the crowded streets and the unfeeliui;- clamor of 
trade, whei'e it may shed its tea.rs, lift its ]ira.yers (U- sIul;- of its immortal 
hopes." 

It wouhl lieiputi' imjuissihle to s]>ecify fo the readei' all the points <if 
interest to he seen in couuecl ion with oui- heanti ful ( 'emetei'y. it isoidya 
mile and a half dri\'e fi'om till' heaii <if our hnsy town. At es'ery t urn the 
out look is heaiitiful. and there is a, voice of ]>eace for the tired heart that 
conu'S whis]ierinn' through the sunset stillness. 

" Someone h.-is said the i;raud ditlicnlt) nf t his life is to feel the reality 
of hoth Worlds, so as to n'ive ea(di its due ]ilace in cair thoughts and feidiuns: 
to keej) oui' mind's eye and our thoun'ht's eye ever lixed on the Land of 
Promise, without looking away from the road we have to travel to it." 

Tasteful extension of drives and walks aloirK unoccupied ]iortions of 
()akwood's consecrated euidosure is continually heing' nurde. 'J'liorough 

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OAKWOOD CHAPEL. 



underdraiiiing completes a necessary part of the work, and those wlio erect 
memorials to the "loved and lost " gather here year after year the choicest 
offerings love and wealth can bring. 

"Does the road wind up-hill all the wayV" 

"Yes, to the very end! " 
" Will the journey take the whole long day V " 

"From morn to night, my friend! " 

"But IS there for the night a resting-place'.' " 

"A roof for all when the dark hours begin! " 
"May not the darkness hide it from my facer " 

"You cannot miss that inn ! " 

"Shall I meet other wayfarers at night?" 

• Those who have gone before ! " 

"Then, must I knoca or call when just in sight? " 
"They will not keep you standing at that door! ' 

"Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak?" 

• Of labor you shall find the sum ! " 
"Will there be beds for me and all who seek? " 

" Yea, — beds for all who come ! " 

Cliristhia Rosetti. 

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vih:\v, sho\vi/Mg chapel. 




sEAR tliLi liiiraiict! ni' Oakwood, mi one of ils iiidst attractive 
avciiui's. ;niil sliaili iwimI liy sdiiic uf it^ nmsl L;rac('ful trees, is 
seen tlie licautilul cliajicl crrrtcil not niaiiy years since by 
the Association. It was ili'ilicateil t(.i (iod as ;i house of jirayer and consola- 
tion. Here tliose coining- from ilistant cities, lirinying home their dear ones 
for a. last rest aniom; the ,:;raves of their kindred, may gather to hear the 
swi'et hymns of C'lii'lstitin faitli and all the comforting Bihle pr(_)of of certain 
resuri-ection. Here llicy may lea.x'e them, away from the turmoil and storm 
of busy life, latei' if need he to determine their |iermanent jilace of rest. 

" Tlu- stdrni that wrecks tlie Winter sky 

No mure disturbs Iheir soft repose 
Tliaii Svmimer evening's latest sigh, 

That shuts I lie rose." 




VIEW, SHOWING CHAPEL. 




CUSSMAN AND EBELINC. 



GUSSMa/^ ft/^D EBELIyXG. 




iHIS massively-laiilt tomb, with its granite coping, is situated most 
W I'avorably. It faces Dedication Valley avenue, not far from the 
western entrance to Oakwood. Tlie view from this point through 
this beautiful valley is extremely enchanting. Here ditt'erent generations of 
these two families have been brought for their last sleep. 

•Softly within that peaceful resting-place 

We lay their wearied limbs, and bid the clay 
Press lightly on them till the night be past 
And the far East give note of coming day. 

Short death and darkness ! Endless life and light ! 

Short dimming, endless shining in yon sphere 
Where all is incorruptible and pure ; 

The joy without the pain, the smile without the tear." 

Bonar. 

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'[] LI\M JERVIS HOUGH was uf English descent. Lis lather 
UA.no-u,^ to a colLateral branch of the Houghs of Lcghton, 
in the Couutv of Chester. Englan-L WilHam, a relative (said 
to he a, hrothcr.) nf Dr. John Hough, Bishop of Oxford and 
Worcester from l.sl to KIT. came to America from Chester, England, m 
U;:58 and settled in Massachusetts. From him was descended, among others 
Jonathan, horn ir.O. His son, Ben.anun, wa,s horn January '. l.Oo^ and 
died Novcubcr ,., 18:.;. William Jervis Hough, his son, was bo n Ma^id> 
-U Vrc, .r Pans Hill, N. Y. His mother was Susan Jervis, also of English 
n;cent,"and allied to Bishop Jervis of the Church of England. Mr. Hough 
married Clarinda Carpenter, daughter of Ezekiel Carpenter, whose ancestor, 
William Carpenter, came from Southhampton, England, to America m the 
ship "Bevis" m l.:iS, an,l settled in Weymouth, Mass. His parents moved 
t„ P„mpev Hill in .he early years of the century, and his education wa. 
mostlv received at the Academy of that place. He read and practiced law 
at Lyons, and afterwards at Cazenovia. N. Y., where he resided lor over 
,„,,; vears. He removed to Syracuse in lSo5. He was a proimneut^Geiieial 
„r thJ militia, of the State of New Y.-rk, and was tendered a Brigadxer-Gen- 
,.,..lshii, in the Me..ican war by President P..lk. In 1835-0 he represented 
Madison Couutv in the Assembly, and in 1845 the Twenty-third District ot 
New York in Congress, and was re-elected in 1 S47. During that tinie he was 
„..eh interested in the bnil.ling of the Smithsonian Institution at Washing- 
ton, D. C„ and was one of its first Regents, continuing to serve .>n the Boaid 
during his life. He was Yice-President of the old Syracuse City Bank, and 
was also President of the Board of Education of Syracuse two terms^^ He 
took great interest in the incorporating and layiug,mt o ^l^^wood C^ - 
t,..v, and was among its first Board of Directors. He ^^^^^^^^^ \^^ 
nv .leeps in the beautiful place, with the improvement of which he had 



auil n< 

SCI much to do. 

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(cjC^'-f'/'e-a-i'n- JJ-'. 







WW''' 



WILLIAM H. H. SMITH. 



^^^Ir^ILLlAM H. H. SMITH, son of Rev. William Smith and Rlioda 
Rockwell, his wife; grandson of Richard and Mary Brush 
Xi^S^M^C Smith, who were of Englif=h descent and French-Huguenot 
extraction, and espoused the Colonial cause on Long Island in the Revolu- 
tion. Lineage is traced liack to Richard Smith, who, in liiG.3, received a 
patent from Governor Nicol, conveying to him tlic territory of Smithtown, 
Long Island. In 1793 Rev. William Smith removed from West Farms, 
Long Island, to Litchfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., purchasing a tract of 
land and beautiful Cedar lake. In this pioneer home his son, William H. 
H., was born June 5, 1S14. 

Mr. Smith became a resident of Syracuse in IsiV.t. On September -^3, 
l.S-tti, he was united in marriage with Miss Margaret T. Redlield. Mr. 
Smith's course throughout life, as citizen, patriot and Republican, has won 
him many friends. Prosperity crowning industry, his greatest pleasure has 
been found in remembering those less fortunate. He has enjoyed mu(di of 
the best that life has to offer — friends, travel, good sermons and reading, 
fishing for trout, and his house, built by him in lS.i3 on "The Highlands," 
known as 755 Irving street, this city. 

Margaret Tredwell Redfield, Mr. Smith's wife, was born at Onondaga 
Hollow January (>, 1S35. Daughter of Lewis H. Redfield, "eminent 
printer and journali-st," (17'.)3 — lS8v*), and of Ann M. Tredwell, his wife, 
naturalist and authoress, (ISOO— 188S) ; granddaughter of Peleg Redfield, 
Connecticut patriot in Washington's army at Valley Forge, pioneer of Ontario 
County, N. Y., and Mary Judd. his wife: of Nathaniel Hazard Tredwell, 
civil engineer and land-surveyor, pioneer of Northern New York and on the 
Ottawa river, Canada, and Margaret Piatt, his wife; great-granddaughter 
of Judge Thomas Tredwell, graduate of Princeton; studied law under 
Chancellor Livingston, patriot of the Revolution, statesman during the 

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formation of our government. (i:4n— 1831). an<l Anne Hazard, his wife; of 
Judge Charles Piatt, one of three 1n-others. founders of Plattsburg, N. Y. 

Dhevino- Serijiture teaeliing, to seek knowledge and wisdom, to observe 
the "golden rule" in the conduct of life, to do good in the world, Mrs. 
Smith has also heeded the lesson, • 'Whoso looketh not after his own 
household is worse than an unbeliever." 

It singfth low ill t-very he.irt.— 

We liear it. eacli and all, — 
A song of those who answer not. 

However we may call. 
Tlu-y throng the silence of the hreast,— 

We see them as of yore, — 
The kind, the true, the brave, the sweet 

Wild w.-ilk with us no niure. 

.full II ir. CJiaihrick. 

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JOHN B. IVES. 



JOHy\ B. IVE^. 




*HIS elegunt monument l>rin.ii« t<j recollection a gentleman long- 
known to the best people in Syracuse, wlio, for many years of his 
life, lived at the South. He married Miss Ann Eliza, the eldest 

daughter of the late Hon. B. Davis Noxon. She is at present a resident of 

this city. Mr. Ives died October 9, ISO.') 

•■ The day is long, the marrh is hard. 
We are tired of the niarcli and keeping guard ; 
Tired of a sense of a figlit to be won. 
Of days to live through and of work to be done; 
And all the while, did we only see. 
We walk in the Lord's own company. 
We tight, but 'tis tie who nerves our arm ; 
He turns the arrows that else might harm, 
And out of the storm lie brings a calm. 
The work which we count so hard to do 
He makes it easj-, for He works, too. 
The days that are long to live are His — 
A bit of His bright eternities; 
And close to our need his Helping is." 

Susan Coulidgi'. 

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•|AN BUREN, SMITH and DUGUID.— The stately monolith pre- 
sentcil on tlic preceiliiig page serves to keep in I'emenibi'aiice 
j ^-^wp ^ ^j ) these three men, each of whom tilled well his own place in the 
history of our city. 

Harmon W. VanBuren, for many years Vice-President and Trnstee of 
(.)akwuod, was one of the pioneers in the leather business, in which he was 
exceedingly successful. Ass(jciated with him was his stepson, Jactih Stern- 
berg Smith, who shared largely with him his efforts and their substantial 
results. Jlr. Smith married Amelia, daughter of James Wallace, and left 
two claughtei's. A sui'passingly b.-autiful memorial window to Mrs. Van 
Buren was placed by her husband in the First Presbyterian chui'cli, of which 
slie was a idiarter member. As a further testimonial to his wife, Mr. 
^^a,nBuren was cme of four to erect tlie Memiuial Presbyterian church as a 
home f(jr the Scattergo(jd Missicin. He die<l April •.'■t, 188T. 

Henry L. Duguid was born at Pompey, December ih, lS:i"2, and was a son 
of Ml'. Van Buren's sister, Mrs. William Duguid. He was a man of fine 
education and of distinguislu'(l abilities. He studied Init never ]}racticed 
law, becoming a most successful business man. He was a prominent Rejiub- 
lican ]iolitician, an able financier, filling many (.)ffices of trust, and a man of 
marked Christian character, who made himself felt tliroughout this commu- 
nity. His health was already broken when the death of his wife, Harriet 
Kliza Wells, sudden and unexpected, in April, isss, proved so heavy a stroke 
of Sorrow that it hastened his own decease. He died Deceml>er :{0, 1888. 
They left three children — Mai-y E., the wife of Donald Dey, a prominent 
merchant of this city; Harriet E. and Henry Wells Duguid. 

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VAN BUREN. SMITH AND DUCUID. 



aT EVE^I-SO^G. 



If I could call you back for one brief hour. 

It is at evensong that hour should be, 
When bells are chiming from an old gray tower 
Across the tranquil sea. 

Just when the fields are sweet and cool with dew, 

Just when the last gold lingers in the West, 
Would I recall you to the world you knew 
Before you went to rest. 

And where the starry jasmine hides the wall 

We two would stand together once again. 
I know your patience — I would tell you all 
My tale of love and pain. 

And you would listen with your tender smile, 

Tracing the lines upon my tear worn face, 
And finding, even for a little while, 
Our Earth a weary place. 

Only one little hour ! And then once more 

The bitter word, farewell, beset with fears, 
And all my pathway ilarkened as before. 
With shades of lonely years. 

Far better, dear, that you, unfelt, unseen, 

Should hover near me in the quiet air. 
And draw my spirit through this mortal screen. 
Your higlier life to share. 

I would not call you back, and yet — ah, me — 

Faith is so weak and human love so strong 
That sweet it seems to think of what might be 
This hour at even song. 

(ISli) 



'-AXIEL PHELPS WOOD was horn in the town of Pompey, 
flillwW ()n(iiidai;-a County. Novemher .■., isi:). Ahout ISOO his father, 
^^r^^^ Daniel Wood, who niarrieil So[ihia Sims, came from Berkshire, 
Mass., ti> Pompey, and was its jiioneer hiw>-er. an intiuential and suc- 
cessful man. He was ^'i(■tory Birdseye's partner. He also gi'eatly enjoyed 
farmiiii;-, a,nd ins son acipiired strength i:>f constitution in assisting his father 
in that work. He was educated at Pompey Academy, and graduated from 
Hamilton College in 1,S4:!. He studied law with Hon. Victory Birdseye and 
George W. Xoxon, and was admitted to practice in ls4t;. He married in 1S48 
Lora Celeste, daughter of Silas an<l Eunice Bagg Smith of Laneslioi'o, Mas.s. 
Mr. Wood was f(_)r several years Cit)' Attorney, and was ^[eml)erof Assemlily 
in is.'c.'. He was a man of great and vai-ied ahilities. and fi;)r a hing succes- 
sion of yeai's wa-s caJ led to lill ])uhlic positions. He was the soul of patriotism 
during thi' Cixil war. 'J'lie .Mlnini/ Er/ niiuj Jdiinidl, in one of ils issues of 
that time, saiil: "It is not singular tliat the military element of ()niind,aga 
and Central New York should seek, as they h.-ive been seeking for months, 
the conseid of Senator Wood to t.ak'e their command. The plumes and the 
ei)aul(4tes are no work of his, hut the soldiers j^now that whatever he under- 
takes he jjushes with irrepressihle energy, and if In' liad not traine<l on the 
tented tield. they had seen his successful generalship in other spheres." He 
was also a, master of tinance, and was one of the Vice-Presidents of the Trust 
and Deposit Ciimi>,-iiiy from l.sc'.i till his death, ilay 1, is:il. He was also 
President of the Onondaga County Savings Bank, and had other large 
husiness interests. A daughter, Mrs. George Williams of Baltimore, and a 
son survive him. 

This stately and attractive monument was designed hy George W. 
Sanhorn of Utica, N. Y., and constructed and finished hy the Smith Granite 
Com])any of Westerly, R. I. Few excell it in nolde and symmetrical 

jtroportions. 

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DANIEL P. WOOD. 




EDWARD B JUDSON. 



EDWaRD B. JUDSOyX. 




?HIS tasteful and elegant monument to the memory of William A., 
brother of Edward B. Judson, will recall to all who knew him liis 
„__,„_ true worth and excellence of character. He was an eminently 
successful though unostentatious man, followed even now by the deep and 
lasting regard of all his friends. 

The following poem was written in loving memory of Mrs. Sarah I., wife 
of William A. Judson, who died December -24, ISOl : 

Ye saw a parting spirit plumed for flight ; 
Fearless she bade ye mU a calm "Good night." 
How fair Heaven's morn her raptured eyes to greet. 
Her welcome there how blessed and how sweet. 
Her steadfast walk could know no other end. 
Her loyal service of her Heavenly Friend 
Could issue only in the '■ peace tliat passed 
All understanding" round her to the last. 

So wise, so brave, so womanly and true. 
So broad and just, so bright and genial, too; 
We fain may search till Life's brief day shall end 
For such a neighbor, aye, and such a friend ! 

A. C. M. 

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(9 '1_( l-'lh"! MKI J_' 

J:!W7VriJ)\VARI) B. JU1)S(J^' was li<ini al ( 'nxsackie. (Ti-eeii.-, County, 
"*-t*%^^ Jainiafv 11. IsKi. His family eniiiii^ctiiiiis were frciDi W()0(ll)ui'y 
^M^ISjII ami >!i'anl'iii-il. ('niui. His parents came tlience to Greene County, 
and tlifir son reeeive(i, iilve tliemseives, sterling JNew iiingland. 
training. Tln-y gave liim the liest opportunities of those tim^s, and he was 
an apt scholar. His motlirr's ln'other, Ralpli Bai'lciM', previously associated 
witli Erastns Coiaiiiig in tlif Alhany ('il\' Bank, opened a l>aid-:ing othee at 
('oxsackit'. and iIutc his nephew lieg;i,n the hnancial career whicli has since 
attained fm' him a naiiiuial i-e])nlation. Mr. Judsoii early developed uri-at 
liiisiiiess apt itnde. ,-iiid sought other lie Ids foi- its e.Ncrcise. When t weuty-t\v<i 
\(Mrs of age he i-oinmenced the manulacture (.)!' hunher with his hrother. 
William A. Judson, al ( 'oiista.ntia:. (.)swego County, ami later carried on with 
him f. ir t weiity yeai's a coniniissicjii husiness at Alliany. At twent v-fotii' 'Slv. 
.]\\l>"\\ was (deeteil .Menilierof Assemhiy. and was madeChairman of sexeral 
inqioi'taut i-ommit tee^. His eida.)'ged linsiiiess experience finall\ ('rew him 
to S\iaiMi>e in 1S4'.|. and he at once took raid^: with our most prominent 
liaid<ers. tilling placi' after place of control and trust for consecutive years. 
Mr. .ludsiiiiV reputal ii III rest s n]>on the entire contidence of the pnlilic — his 
aliililN. sound judgment and lidelity heiiig thoroughly appreciated. In ISC,:!, 
w lien tlie ( lover nni en t soul; lit to liring all hanking institutions under oiu' con- 
troUine system, Salmon P. ( 'hase, then Secretary of the Treasury, summoned 
the hest and mo>t intluential Hnanciers to \Vashiiii;ton to ailjust the dittit'ult 
pi'olilem. Mr. .Ind^^oii was one of the niimher and. liaA'iiig given his o].)inion, 
was reipiested hy tlie Secret.irv to make his ])atriotic views ])ractical hy 
organizing the First National Bank of Syracuse, of which he liecame and still 
is the President. 

^Ir. Jmlson married in 1 S4."i Sarah Billings Williams, daughter of the late 
Coddingt<in B. Williams, a-ml has one son, E. B. Judsou, who, like himself, is 
a ]>ractieal l)nsiness man. Genial, courteous, liberal without ostentation, Mr. 
Judson is a true gentleman of the old school, attracting to himself in life's 
serene decline the purest and best pleasures a well-earned wealth can offer. 
He is Treasurer of St. Joseph's Hospital, Counselor for the Old Ladies' Home, 
and Trustee of May Memorial Church. 

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^^y&cz^f^^ /^f^^>ty 




Andrew D. white. — in connection with tlie inception and 
growth (if Oakwood there is recalled a gracious gift of our 
cosmopolitan townsman, Hon. Andrew D. W iiite. While absent 
on one of his many visits to Europe, he made it his pleasure to look for and 
obtain elegant books of engravings containing views of celebrated tombs and 
suggestions as to the erection of monuments considered in the best taste in 
great foreign cities— a most unusual possession in the way of reference to be 
found in the archives of any American cemetery. With these he endowed 
Oakwood. Perhaps it was a part of his embodied hlea^ of official duty, as he 
has long been connected with the Association. 

If stores of dry and learned lore we gain 

We keep them in the memory of the brain : 

Names, things, and facts, whate'er we knosv ledge call, 

There is the common ledger for them all ; 

And images on this cold surface traced 

Make slight impression and are soon effaced. 

But we've a page, more glowing and more bright. 
On which onr friendshijj and our love to write; 
That these may never from the soul depart. 
We trust them to the memory of the heart. 
There is no dimming, no efifacement here; 
Each new pulsation keeps the record clear. 
Warm, golden letters all the tablet fill. 
Nor lose their record till the heart stands still. 

Written by Daniel Webster in London. 1839. 

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THH: H0(>1E c\10/\LU\IEy\T. 



VTV^HK OLD LADIES" Ho.MK was .-staJilislKM] in \sr,\ and iiii-.,i-|M)- 
^TT'ffl^'^V'"! l"l'^'^'^ i"^ IS'i-!. A meet iiiL!,- was lii'ld T)erellilier •.':!, IS.'il. 1iy se\-er;il 
g^«<^^^-jj l)eiie\'(ileiit ladies reiireseiit iiig tlie \-ari<iiis ileiK ii II ilia t inns, in dfder 
to take some con eel' ted action fc.r I lie ndief ni' tin' Jioor. Tlmse who. like t lieir 
Master, " went alioni doiiii; i^dod," s|ioke ot'ieii, one lo anotliei-. of the tei rilile 
i]estitlition and dei^radatioii they lonnd existing- in man\" cases, t he lack of 
i^heltei' for the sick, the needy, the liel[iless and the eri-iiiu; and scj. aiiled hy 
the lilieral and iiliilaiit lii'opic i;i'iitleinen of onr city with whom lliey con- 
stantly counseled, they lienaii their work, al tirsi on a small scale, increasi ni;' 
their facilitie.s for enlaryeil woi-k as np|ioiinnity was L;iveii till, in June, ISCii, 
the cornei'-stone was laid oi' the present snhsta.nt ia 1 hnildinn' upon the >ite 
given to the Association hy the late Major Closes ]). Hiii'iiet, on the coiaier of 
Hawdey and Townsi'iid streets. A search of the I'ecords of this institTition 
would show that it has lion risheil n iider the fosteia hl;- care of the most de\'ote(l, 
lirayerful ami excellent hands of Christian women to lia\e keen found in our 
city, and for more than two score >'ears has been the peaceful abiding-place 
of multitude.s of the aged, the infirm, the shelterless and sorrowing, antl 

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THE HOME MONUMENT. 



theuce, when "life's fitful fever" was over they have been brought for their 
last sleep to the beautiful enclosure belongiuij: to the Home Association. 

Mr. William Brown Smith, President of their Board of Counselors, is 
also President of Oakwood Cemetery, and the Directors, at the outset, gave a 
large plot of ground for the use of the Home. Its inmates being generally 
aged and often feeble and poor, are not claimed and buried by relatives as 
often as are the children who die at the Orphan Asylum, and so the inter- 
ments made by the Association have been quite numerous. Therefore the 
Directors of the Cemetery have generously added largely to their original gift 
of laud. There has lately been erected upon it, under the provisions of the 
will of Mrs. Christina Colvin, a handsome monument. The design is known 
as a buttressed sarcophagus. Mrs. Colvin was one of the earliest members of 
the Board of Managers, and for many years a visitor of the aged and feeble 
inmates. She largely sympathized with all the interests of the Association, 
and desired, as her last gift, to leave behind her this substantial evidence 
thereof. Herself long a solitary widow and advanced in years, she passed 
hence April 4, 189-2. Surely the Master has already said unto her, "Inas- 
much as you did it unto one of the least of these, you have done it unto Me." 

"Oh, think of the home over there. 

By the side of the River of Light ; 
Where the saints, all immortal and fair. 
Are robed in their garments of wliite. 

'■I'll soon be at rest over there, 

For the end of nn' journey I see ; 
Man)' dear to my heart, over there, 
Are watcliing and waiting for me. " 

(Ki?) 



THE ORPHa/^S' cMOAlUiMEyNT. 




iiNONDAGA COUNTY ORPHAN ASYLUM was opened ami 
incorpoi'ated in 1S4."). It lia<l its <irii;-in in an etfort made by an 
association of ladies in this city to t'uriusli a c(jminon school 
education to the children of its poor. Frorn a day of small beginnings it has 
come to 1)8 a large and flourishing institution, with a substantial and roomy 
huildiiig, with schools (.)f its own, beautiful grounds and evei'y accessory for 
doing a great and beautiful work, and the gnoil that it has accomplished can 
only be summed up in (rod's book of reniend)ra.nce. It has been mother, 
home and friend to thousands and thousands <if cir[ihaneil children. 

The Association of ( )akwood gave this large enclosure in the beginning 
of the Asylum work. Mrs. Christiua- Culvin went with other ladies to the 
County House and brought thence scjme of the earliest inmates of the 
As>lum, and till the List hour of her life the cau.se was dear to her heart. 
This bea-utifid monument was her last gift to the institution to which she 
gave so miu'h time and elfort. It is surmounted by a most expressive group 
of statuary representing "Charity," which was modeled and executed by 
Rali)h Cook, for twenty-tive years in the employ of Francis & Company of 
this city, who erected the monument. 

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THE ORPHANS' MONUMENT. 



aOacM aA^D JOB. 




V"?T THE enthusiastic Christian Endeavor Convention of 1 SlU lield 
at Cleveland, ( )liio. two clergymen, delegates, went into Lake 
View Cemetery while there, to see the elegant tomh of James 
A. Garfield, so long watched over and guarded by his countrymen. One of 
these gentlemen noticed, with great surprise and wonderment, a solitary tow- 
ering shaft not far from the entrance, on which was graven, without other 
word or date, simply the name, Adam. For whom it stood " in memoriam " 
no clue could be found to explain. The other gentleman, wandering a little 
way from the locale of his friend, called out suddenly, "Here is another 
shaft, that bears alone the name of Job." An ancient Lord of Durham, many 
years ago, expressed great sympathy for Adam "because he had no ancestors." 
Did some quaint lover of humanity erect these monuments to keep in mem- 
ory thus the great head of the race, — his wonderful faith, his length of days; 
and some one else seek to commemorate the man of Uz, whom God himself 
called ' ' a perfect man, my servant Job" ? Did he mean to suggest to every be- 
holder the lesson of his almost infinite patience ? 

The grave of Eve is visited by over 411,000 pilgrims in each year. It is 
to be seen at Jeddah, in a cemetery outside the city walls. The Arabs en- 
tertain a belief that Eve was the tallest woman who ever lived. 

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'esse TRUESDELL peck was b(..ni in Middlefield, Otsego 
County, X. ^'., April 4, isil. His ]iarents were of Puritan stock, 
anil l)Otli liis uramlfatlii-rs wei-e Revolutionai'v soldiers. He was 
ciiuxei'ted in Ids boylioiHl. and united with the Methodist Episccj- 
jial Chnrch. He was edueated at Cazenovia Seminary, was lirensed to 
preai-h in IsvIM, and joiniMl t]ie<)neida Conference in ISo'i. He filled pastoral 
api)ointments till is:;;, when he became principal of Gouvei-neur Wesleyan 
Seminary. In 1S41 he became princi])al of Troy Conference Academy at 
Poultnex', ^'t., where lie i-emaiiHMl till entering upon the Presidency (jf Dick- 
inson College in 1S4S, Here he served till Is."r2. wlien helieciime pastoi'of the 
Foniidi'N' Methodist Episcopal ("hnrcli. Washington, D. C. From is.'it to 
l,s,"ii; lie was ('oiTesponding Secretary and editor of theTract Societ\' of the 
Methodist Episcojial Church. From 185(; to 1ST2 he filled im)Hirtant iiastor- 
ates in New York. San Francisco, Santa Clara, Sacramento, Peckskill, Al- 
liany and Syracuse, and was for a term Presiding Elder of the San Francisco 
District. In is?-,' he was elected one of the Bishojis (if the ^Methodist Episco- 
pal Church. 

Bishop Peck hail renuirkalile intellectual ability, comliineil with intense 
spiritual devotion. He was an orator of extraordinary jiower. He distin- 
guished liimself in the great debate in the memoi'able General Conference 
of 1S44, and his eloipience as a preacher was at times almost overwhelming. 
He was one of the most influential agents in the founding of Syracuse Uni- 
versity, to wliich he gave $.i(t,(»()0. He was the first President of its Board 
of Trustees and was Chairman of the Building Committee which had charge 
of the erection of the Hall of Languages. He was the author of "The Cen- 
tral Idea of Christianity," "The True Woman," "What Must I Do to be 
Saved?" and "The History of the Great Rei)ulilic." His name and liis 
memory are indissolubly identified with the history of the great denomina- 
tion in which he was eminent, and with those intellectual and spiritual 
elements which are the noljlest factors in the development of the city of 
Syracuse. His monument stands in the northeastern part of the Cemetery. 
The inscription to his memory is legible in our jiicture. He died on the lltli 
dav of May, 1883. 

(i:3) 




JESSE T. PECK 




ROBERT CERE. 



ROBERT GERE, 




■HE IMPOSING o-ranite steps leadiut;- to the enclosure belonging 
to Hon. Robert Gere and his son-in-law, Hon. James J. Belden, 
have been, it would seem, to both these families a very "Via 
Dolorosa," (a way of sorrow), so often have they traversed them as they went 
"to bury their dead." The tall monumental shaft bears on its pede.stal 
inscriptions to the memory of Mr. and Mrs. Robert (xere. The elegant 
sarcophagi at the left s])eak with e<iual eloquence for many of their direct 
descendants, — two sons, two daughters-in-law and a grandson: and at the 
right sleeps another lieloved little child, whose memory is very precious to 
those who laid her there. 

■'We shall all go home to our Father's hinise — 

To our Father's house in the skies, 
■Where the hope of our souls shall have no blight, 

Our love no broken ties: 
■We shall roam on the banks of the River of Peace 

And bathe in its blissful tide. 

And one of the joys of our Heaven shall be 

The little girl who died." 

Moultrie. 

(i;r) 



ROBERT GERE. — Sj'racnse was vet voung when Mi-. Gere came to 
■^'m^S^ '^" ^ sturdy ])ii)neer's woi'k in what is now two outlying wards of 
^^Hkl%^ our great citv. He was born in Groton, Conn., Noveniher •2(i, 
170(1. In earlj' life he hail only a cnuntry boy's oiipoi-tnnities. Keen, shrewd, 
sagacious, he everywhere made the most of them. His business interests were 
varioil and very })rosperous. When twenty-four years of age he married 
Miss So[)hia Stantou and came to Florida, Montgomery County, where he 
wa-s a contractor on the original Erie canal. He came later by boat on the 
M<iliawk and the canal to Geddes with liis family in \s-U. He ])ouglit lands 
from the Sta,te and built himself a sul:)stantial homestead, as did two of his 
brothers. He gave tlie land, erected and maintained a school in Geddes for 
hfteen years; also with (ithers imited to form the Episcopal Church thei'c. 
He was largely interested in the manufacture of salt, lumber, and in the iron 
liusiness. He was a heavy conti'actor for rails and ties for the first two rail- 
roads that came to (.)ur city, and also for the Salina locks and the section 
work for the Liverpool level of the Oswego canal. With others he organized 
the Geddes Coarse Salt Company, was President of it and connected with it 
for fifty years. He was a man to originate and plan work for others to take 
up and continue, and was more amliitious to start his sons well in life than 
to gather gre;it wealth for liimself. He had this satisfaction. He was an 
exceptionally active man, always what he seemed to be, outspoken, generous 
and kindly. Mr. Gere died December 18, 1877, leaving to mourn him his 
wife, four scjus and a ihiughter, Mrs. James J. Belden. These four stalwart 
sons bore him to his burial. The wife of his youth and two of the sons have 
since followed him, — Hon. R. N. Gere and N. Stanton Gere. Hon. W. H. 
H. and George C. Gere still survive. The Robert Gere Bank, of which his 
son-in-law holds controlling interest, still keeps his memory green in busi- 
ness circles, and more tender memories are found in hearts that loved him. 

(178) 




ROBERT CERE--SOUTH VIEW. 



ROBERT GERE SOUTH VIEW. 




jjT WILL readily he seen that this is aiiotlier view of the handsome 
g enclosure belonging to the family of the late Robert Gere. This 

•j view taken from tlie top of the stejjs and a little to tlie south, gives 
perhaps a more satisfactory presentation of the lot itself and the many 
monttments ujion it. 

When on my day of life the night is falling. 

And. in the winds from unsunned spaces blown. 
I hear far voices out of darkness calling 

My feet to paths unknown : 

Thou who hast made nij' home of life so pleasant. 
Leave not its tenant when its walls decay ; 

love divine. O Helper, ever present. 
Be thou my strength and stay. 

1 have but thee. O Father 1 Let thy spirit 
Be with me then to comfort and uphold ; 

No gate of pearl, no branch of palm I merit, 
Nor street of shining gold. 

Some humble door among thy many mansions, 

Some sheltering shade where sin and striving cease, 

And flows forever through Heaven's green expansions 

The river of thy peace. 

John Grceiileiif Wliittirr. 



I^HipAMES JEROME BELDEN was born in Fabius, Onondaga County, 
''^^■S'' in lS-25. With a common school education, he began when <iuite 
MJif^ yonui;- his business career in a village store. Later he went to 
Adams, Jeffei'son County, where lie remained five years as clerk 
a^nd partner with a country merchant. He went witli the crowd in 1850 to 
California, where for three years he followed various jjursuits and then 
returned ti) Syracuse. F(_ir two years he was interested in crockery, but 
"the stone fit for tlie wall is not left in the road." In 1855 Mr. Belden took 
hold of a business lu'oader in its range and detail, for which he has shown 
ciimmanding ability, — the construction of public works. Having married 
the (laughter of the late Roliert Gere, a large salt manufacturer and 
contraetdr, he naturally went into l)usiness with him, a step he never 
regretted. Their first contract was the enlargement of the Oswego Canal. 
Subsequently, associated with his brother, A. C. Belden, and the late Henry 
D. Denison, they engaged extensively in the construction of railroads, 
reservoirs, canals and otlier i)ublic works, the firni becoming well known 
throughout this and other States. The removal of the rock blasted out of 
Hell Gate was one of their notable pieces of engineering. Their last 
important work was the building of the West Shore railroad from Syracuse 
to Little Falls. 

Mr. Belden is connected with many business interests here and elsewhere. 
He established the Robert Gere Bank, as a memorial of his father-in-law, in 
1 SSI, and has also been connected with the First and Third National. Mr. 
Belden has been twice Mayor of the city and proved a rarely efficient executive. 
In the fall of ISST he was elected to Congress on the Republican ticket and 
served four consecutive terms, proving there as elsewhere the power that is in 
him to carry with him men and measures — to win the confidence of his asso- 
ciates and tlie att'ection of his friends. If Mr. Belden has been eminently 
successful, he has shi'unk from no etfort to gain that end, and with unstint- 
ing hand hivishes his wealth upon his friends and neighbors, churches and 
l)enevoleiit institutions, both public and private, 

(184) 





SOLDIERS- MONUMENT. 



.OLDIERS' cMOyVQcVlEyMT. 




;HE BURIAL of any indigent deceased soldier, sailor or marine, 
who served in the war of the Rebellion and had ])een honorably- 
discharged from the service of the Government was several years 
since provided for by statute, and fifty dollars was to be appropriated by 
the county in which the death occurred, that a suitable burial-place and 
headstone might be secured. As a consequence of these provisions, and the 
desire of many veterans to be buried together, Oakwood Association pre- 
sented a large and beautiful lot to Root Post, G. A. R. 

The monument erected here by Root Post in 1885 is of Westerly granite, 
surmounted by a clean-cut statue of a veteran United States soldier, from 
Richard's model executed in standard bronze. Here lie the bodies of Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Root, from whom the Post received its name; Colonels 
Dwight, McLenan and Hudson, and a large number of veterans. The Navy 
is represented Ijy the posts at the entrance, which are in the form of the 

capstan of a sliip. 

(181.) 



TO THE U/\Ky\0\Vy\' DE^D. 




;HK WOMAN'S relief corps, a National or-aiiizatioii of many 
tliousand incintiei's, wliirli incluili-s tlic kinil and patriotic woineu 

, of tliis fri'i' i-oiintrv, hold it tlirir satTt'd trust to perpetuate tlie 

memory of the lieroic deail who navf their live.s a willing sacrifice for the 
salvation of the Uuiou. 

"Tlify living were true and tried for us, 
Tliey dying sleep side Ijy side for us, 

That noble band 

That hallowed the land 
With the blood they shed as a tide for us." 

These ladies placed a superb vase upon the Military enclosure where 
stands the Soldiers' inomimeut. They have stocked it with the finest plants, 
which, und(.'r their fostering care, flourish magnificently and form the sub- 
ject of the ex([uisite etching ujiota the opposite page. This is but a small 
part of the work tliese noble women have in hand. They would protect the 
wi(h)ws and cirjihaiis of soldiers, inculcate lessons of loyalty and patriotism 
in the hearts of children and youth, discountenance all that tends to weaken 
them and encourage the spread of universal liberty aud equal rights to alL 

(190) 




TO THE UNKNOWN DEAD. 



OyMCE MORE. 



Johnnie, last year I was thinking. 

As we marched with flowers in hand, 
That it might be the last march 

That either of us could stand. 
But it seems it wasn't the fact. John. 

For we're marching again to day 
To cover the graves once more, John. 

Of the comrades we've laid away. 
But well I know that when I'm gone * 

The sons of the veterans will do 
Tliis loving act with loving heart. 

The same as with me and you. 
Of course they can't feel the same, John. 

For they weren't there in the fight, 
But I do believe they will honor, John, 

The battle we fought for the right. 
Say. John. I feel kinder shaky 

Every time I march to the grave. 
For it brings back the picture so plainly 

Of the time wlien we had to be brave. 
The boys used to fall all around us. 

Then they'd call for mother or wife: 
But, poor fellows : the battle was ended — 

Tliey had given for right their own life. 
But I'm glad I can carry once more, John, 

These flowers to put on the grave 
As an emblem of God and His justice 

In this' land of the free and the brave. 

J. L. Standart. 
(193) 



rEORGE GARDNER, first Superintendent of Oakwood Cemetery, 
was born in Derby, England, A))ril 2i;, IS'2.5, and was the last snr- 
C|^^.^/v: vivor of a large family. His father was in the British navy, and 
was on the battlesldp Victory under Lord Nelson at the battle of Trafalgar. 
It was in tliis fight that the famous English Admiral was mortally wounded. 
It is eminetly fitting that mention should be made of Mr. Gardner in this 
work. He was more widely known than many men of our city because of 
his long connection with ( )akwood itself, as he was for more than twenty- 
seven years its excellent Superintendent. He was associated with its first 
surveys and witli the laying-out of the grounds. He was present at the dedi- 
cation in 1S59, anil during all its career was a faithful, intelligent, progressive 
and efficient officer in the performance of all his duties. He knew what 
was to be done, and did it well. Five years ago he retired to a farm in On- 
ondaga Vallej' where, after a long illness, he dieil March 23, 1893. His wife, 
wild survives him, was Miss Elizabeth Draper, a sister of Mr. George Draper 
of this city. 

" Since every man who lives is born to die, 

And none can boast sincere felicity ; 

With equal mind, what happens let us bear. 

Nor joy nor grieve for things beyond our tare. 

Like pilgrims, to the appointed place we tend; 

The World's an inn, and Death the journey's end." 

(194) 




^eMag- ^^3'a-'lr^^'Jief . 



* 




CLARA ELIZABETH STOWELL. 



CL^Ra ELIZABETH STOWELL. 




^HIS substantial monument, surmounted by an exquisitely-carved 
statue, was erected some years since by Clara Elizabeth Stowell 
in memory of Williams Winton Stowell. It is located in the 
northeastern part of the grounds, on an eminence commanding a most beau- 
tiful view of the surrounding hills and valleys. 

God gives to our beloved arms of strength, — 

Dear, human arms we love to lean on well, — 
And faithful hearts we trust, until at length 

He cannot spare them longer, and we moan "Farewell!" 

He gives to our beloved toils and cares, 

Joy's song to sing and sorrow's wail to weep; 
Leads them still on through deep temptation's snares. 

Till at the last they sweetly fall asleep 

On His soft bosom who hath known our fears, 

Drank of our cup and tasted all our woe : 
Then bids us wake to spend eternal years 

In such sweet rest as Earth may never know. 

(199) 



CHARLES H. CROWELL. 




(HE CROWELL MONUMENT, whi.-h is ..f Westerly t-'ranite, was 
15 erected in ISs'.i. The lot when first purchaseil was not an attract- 
ive one, l)ut has been greatly inipro veil with each succeeding year. 
It is located near the grounds belonging t<i the late Bislmp Jesse T. Peck. 
The outlook from this location is exceedingly tine. ( )n()ndaga Hill looms uji 
ill the southern distance and in the intervening valley the city and Onondaga 
lake lie embosomed. 

Here lies buried Flora May Cook, wife of (!harles H. Crowell, daughter 
of Mr. M. J. Ci)ok and granddaughter of Sidney H. Cook, Es(|., who will lie 
remembered as having been Associate Judge of tliis district for several 
terms. 

■How Kvveet. when waning fast away 
The stars of this dim life decay. 
To hail, prophetic of the day. 

The golden dawn arise, my soul ' 
To feel we only sleep lo rise 
In simnier lands, mid fairer skies. 
To bind again our brolien ties 

In everdiving love, my soul!" 

(200) 




CHARLES H. CROWELL. 




PHILIP S. RYDER. 



PHILIP S. RyOER. 




HIS view gives the finished and tasteful entrance of the substantial 
tomb erected by Philip S. Ryder. It is surmounted by a Greek 
cross. The proportions are excellent, and the location fine. Here 
the grief-stricken parents have laid away their last child. Here, too, they 
often come, as did Mary and Martha of old to the tomb of Lazarus, to sit 
and weep. 

• ' I hear thee speak of the better land ; 
Thou call'st its children a happ3' band. 
Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore V 
Shall we not seek it and weep no more '? 
Is it where the flower of the orange blows, 
And the fireflies glance from the myrtle boughs ?" 
•Not there, not there, my child!" 

' ' Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy ! 
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy ; 
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair ! 
Sorrow and Death may not enter there ; 
Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom, 
For beyond the clouds and beyond the tomb, 
It is there, it is there, my child!" 

(205) 



P^!?ii^?HILIP S. RYDER \va,s b,,rn in Itliaca, N. Y., April 7, 1S37. He was 
(»(lurati-il tliiTt', and at the age of twenty-one went West, and t'or 
V lour years made a close study of pliotograpby in all its liranches 
in Cli'veland, Cincinnati and Indianapolis. He then removed to Syracuse, 
where for tjiii'ty years his nanc' has heen synonymous witli all that pertains 
to the higln'r hraiiehes of the ai't. He has been deeply interested in <.)ak- 
wooil Cemetery, a.nd delighted with any tendency or proposition to beautify 
this home of tin- dead. 

The recoi'il of ;\[r. Ryder's life is tilled to the fullest measure with pri- 
vate and public duties, ably and successfully performe(l, and can be easily 
written d(^\vn. It is a far nioi-e difficult task to so write of him that one may 
understand and ap|ii-ecia,te his nol.)i]ity of character, the gentle traits of his 
disposition, his liroa,d unseltishness. the innate determination of his soul to 
S(j act toward his fellows, whether high or low, as t(.) satisfy his own exacting 
conscience and entitle him t(_) the proud name of a. good man. These attri- 
butes of his inner self are best known, of course, to those who enjov his 
{•ontidence and coni[ianionship, Imt cannot be adequately described. But 
tliere is a cloud of witnesses, i>articularly in his home city, who in many 
ways have felt the beneficent influence of his wise counsel, his heartfelt 
sympathy in dark hours, the rich benison of his kindness, his beni.'volence, 
generosity and unfailing goiidness of heart. 

Ml-. Ryder is at present connected with several busiuess enterprises, 
a-mong which are the Central City Building and Loan Association, of which 
lie is Presiilent, and the Knights of Sobriety, Fidelity and Integrity, a 
fraternal beneficiary society, of wliiidi he is Chief Commander. He was 
President of our B<_)ard of Police C'ommissioners for several years. 

Mr. Ryder married August 11, is,".,"., Olive A. Patterson, a lady of 
remarkably tine presence, and well kiK.wn to oui- citizens generally. They 
have had two sons, Henry and J(.hn H., both deceased. 




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el. 




k^'-ii^'s^.^u 



HORACE CANDEE. 



HORaCE Ca/\DEE. 




AXY will rt'adily recall this liaudsomely-situate<l l<">t. It is near 
tlie Soldiers' monument, and the symmetrically-proportioned 
obelisk of Westerly granite was erected by Mr. Candee to the 
memory of his tirst wife. Mrs. Candee was for many years connected with 
the Reformed Church, liberal and devoted in its service. A beautiful clump 
of oaks makes an elegant background for the monument. Everything about 
the place is kept in perfect order. Mr. Candee freciuently visits the spot, 
and is greatly interested in the perfection and beauty of the cemetery. 

"Though lieavx- hearts brood o'er the past, 

Our eyes witli smiling future glisten. 
For lo ! our day bursts up the skies : 

Lean out your liearts and listen ! 
The World is rolling Heaven's way. 

And ripening in her sorrow. 
Take heart: who bears the Cross to day 

Shall wear the Crown to-morrow." 

(211) 




^ORACE CANDEE, one of the Directors of the Oakwood Ceme- 
||j|i'(r) terj' Association, was born in the eastern part of P(nxipey, 
( )ii(>n(Liga C'dunty. on April ■-'(), IS'^s, and was the youngest of 
five sons. His fatliiM' difil wiien lie was six years oLl. ^Ir. C'andee received 
his education at the distriid schools and llic fmce famous ilanlius Academy. 
After CDmiileting his early education I\Ir. Candee remained on the fai'ui for 
a time, but at seventeen years of age started out in the world to do for him- 
self. His first venture w;is in a position as foreman in the construction of 
pulilic works. Wlicn aliout twenty-two \'i'ai's old 'Sir. (_"aiidi'c went into 
business for himself, and Took many important contracts for both i-aih'oad 
and canal construction. He was successful both in his individual contracts 
and with otliers. He continued in this line of business till ISSI. In the 
meantime lie was connected with the fTnited States Intei'nal Revenue Assess- 
or's office, first as Chief Cderk and later as Assessor, receiving his ajipoint- 
ment from President (iraiit April :!, IStl. During his whole time in the 
office he was virtually at the head of the business. During his life he has 
taken (piite an active interest in jiolitics on the Ri.-jaiblican side. 

Mr. Candee lias been twice married. On March fH, Is.Mi. he nuirrieil 
Anna F. P>ates. daughter of Wilson Bates, of Memphis, N. Y. ;\Irs. Caridee 
died October :>, Issl. At that time 'Slv. Candee retired fi'om active l)usiness 
life. He wa,s married a second tini<' to Mi-s, Juliji A. Green, of Syracuse. 

Although out oi business, ilr. Candee takes a lively interest in the }ir(.)S- 
perity of Syracuse, and is always found on the side favoring pul)lic imj^rove- 
ments and that which goes to build up tlie city and add to its growth. He 
is (jne of the substantial and lion(.)red old residents of Syracuse. 

{■iU) 




VIEW. SHOWING NIVEN MONUMENT 



THE /^IVE/^ c^'IO/sIUcMEyMT, 




M(!)iSrG the variety of monuments to be seen in tliis direction 

there is none that exeell in finish and elegance that wiiich was 

erected to the memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Babcock Niven. A 

woman of remarkable intelligence and culture, of most liberal and pliilaTi- 

thropic spirit, Time touched her with a gentle hand, and but added to her 

Christian gifts and graces. 

"A rounded life and full of days. 
Like ripened wheat; 
Symmetrical in all her ways. 
Nor wanting aught to merit praise ; 
A life full and complete. 

"A bus}' life, no wasted hours 
She ever knew ; 
No moments but with all her powers 
Her hand culled out Life's choicest flowers. 
Among the chosen few. 

' ' A Christian life in saving trust. 
Believing true 
The promised guerdon of the just. 
She gave to God the best and first 
Her faithful spirit knew." 

Her son, William H., and his wife, Amelia Didama Niven, have passed 

over to that "calm land beyond the sea," enforcing upon all the beautiful 

lesson of their useful and devoted Christian living. 

(317) 



/\. C. POWERS ayXn C. \\\ S/\0\V. 




i°N THE adjniuiiiy paL;-e is presented the lart^'e and elei;-aiitly-sitiiated 
eiudnsurc owned liy the families df Dr. N. C. Powers and Charles 
W. Snow. It cimtains a ninst su|ierli niuiiiiment to tlie nienmry 
of Dr. Powers. He was horn May l"^, lsi."i, in Canastota. Madison C'onnty, 
N. Y. He resideil in this city many yeafs, and was a iKi})n]ar and distin- 
guished jdiysician. At his death he left a widow and one .lani;hter. Mrs. 
Charles W, Snow, residents of this city. 

Strong of lieart and clear ><( bniiii. 
Nature's wounds to liind a.^aiii. 
Pant;s of fiercest pain to ((iicll, 
Stricken sore, at l;ist lie fell. 



Ajjed eyes unu.sed to weep. 
Dimniiiif; saw tliat dreamless sleep; 
JIanly hearts unused to si.uh. 
Mourned, so nnicli of wortli i-uuld die 

(■-'IS) 




N. C. POWERS AND C. W. SNOW. 




JOHN WALLACE. 



JOH^ \V(JVLLaCE. 




jHIS euclosiire, in which Joliii Wallace is interred, lies near the 
northern boundary of Oakwood. A simple, stately shaft has 
been erected here to his memory. He was born in Killbarkin, 
Scotland, and died in this city November 5, 1870, aged fifty-four years. 
This telling inscription cut in stone, speaks volumes as to his strong, loving 
and earnest life : 

"They loved liim most that knew liim best." 

The grave of his son, William Wallace, is near his own. His sudden 
"taking off" by accident wrung out a full cup of bitterness for the sorrow- 
ing hearts of many friends. He was born December 15, 1858, and died June 
5, 1893. 

"It goes against the uiiiij of man 
To be turned out from its warm wonted home 
Ere yet one rent admits the winter's chill. " 

Shakespeare. 
(223) 



j^w,n^BURRITT CHAFFEE.— No wm-k upon Oakwnud w.uiM lie at all 
^mj^SI^ complete without eontaiuint;' "' liouoralile mention" of its pi-esent 
^ftp«p Superintendent, Burritt Cliaffee. His birthplace was Navarino, 
Onondaga County. He received his early education there, though attend- 
ing, later, Falley Seminary at Fulton, N. Y.. and Munroe Collegiate Insti- 
tute at Elbridge. At the close of his school days he resumed an agricultural 
life, continuing to work npon his farm until he became Superintendent of 
Oakwood in 1887. 

Mr. ChalTee has proved himself remarkably well ailapted for his posi- 
tion. He loves Nature, and understands what she will do for those who 
treat her kindly. He is intelligent and ]irogressive. He loves divine order, 
and every part of (Jakwood has felt the intiuence of his almost ubiiiuitous 
hand. He has a- delicate sense of fitness, and is able and willing to advise 
those who call upon him with regard to almost every detail as to places of 
interment, monuments and decorations — all matters requiring thorough 
information, good taste and discernment. Indeed, he compares favorably 
with the best-known men of a like position throughout the country and is 
considered one of the foremost among them. 

Mr. Chaffee married Miss L. E. Terry, who had l)een his irieml and 
playnuite from (diildhood. and has four children. 

I ■-'•-'4) 




WILBER S. AND FRANK A. PECK. 



\\)ILBER S. a/^D FR^yMK &• PECK. 




'UBSTANTIAL and really elegant in design is the solid Scotch 
granite monument, erected about six years ago by the Peck 
brothers — Frank A. and Wilber 8. But one short year after the 
completion of this beautiful resting-place, Frank A. was stricken down 
with a fatal illness almost at the beginning of a most useful and busy life. 
He died January IT, 181)0. Of him may well be said, "He has outsoared 
the shadow of our night." He was a consistent Christian, a prominent 
member of the First Baptist Church, and one of its Trustees; a Director 
of the Young Men's Christian Association, and identified with other 
organizations and charities. 

Another fine headstone marks the resting-place of little "Harry," son 
of Wilber S. and Alice R. Peck, who died October 8, 1884. 

" Tis ever thus ! 'tis ever tlius. with all that's best below. 
The dearest, noblest, loveliest are always first to go. 
The bird that sings the sweetest, the pine that crowns the rock. 
The glory of tlie garden, the flower of the flock. " 

(329) 




HARLES PARSONS CLARK, one of the present Trustees of 
fr/1il«- Ojikwooil Cemetery, was horn at West Hampton, Hampshire 
Cnuiify, Mass.. Xoveniber •.'(i, is-]-.'. He came (jf sturdy New 
Enghiud aueestry, liis fathei-, LutherChirk, iKiviii.t;- l)eeu a well-to-dn farmer. 
There Mi-. Chirk received his early lessons of thrifty industry, with summers 
of hai'd physical toil and winters of ecpially lalioi-ii)US mental labor. Young 
Clark came, when twelve years old, to live with his uncle, Chester Parsons, 
of Skaneateles, and remained there until he attained his majority, working 
on his uncle's farm. He had a higher amhition than ti_) remain there, 
however, and when he was twenty-three he came to Syracuse and found 
employment with Syracuse's notable laudlurd, Philo N. Rust, in tlie care <>t' 
his great supply garden. Later he engaged himself to the Aubmii and 
Syracuse Railroad Company to work in their freight house. He went up 
step by stej) until the time of the great railroa.d consolidation in PS.^:!, when 
he was given full cimtrol of the entire freighting de])artment of Syracuse. 
It was his untliiKdiing determination and loyalty to his employers that won 
him this positimi. His has been a }iersisleiit, straightforward business career. 
Mr. Clark marided, in 1S4S, Aurelia L. Norton. The sudden death of 
Mrs. Cla,rk at a^ comparati\'ely recent date brought great grief Xo her home 
and her many friends. 'Slv. Clark has not sought ])olitical j)refernient, but 
has been twice elected ]\Iayor, sei \-ed three terms as Alderman, and been 
Police Commissioner, having been four years President of that P>oard. He is 
also President of the Syracuse Savings Bank and of the Onondaga County 
Orphan Asylum ; Trustee of the Syracuse Electric Light and Power Clompany, 
and Director of the Bank of Syracuse. He has earned his clear and honorable 
reimtation, is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and one of its 
Trustees. He has one son. Dr. Gayloid P. Clark of tliis city. 



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MANN AND PETTERSON. 



Ma/^/^ a/^D PETTER§0/^. 



jHIS strikingly-handsome monument is of Swedish granite and was, 




of conrse, imported from Sweden. Enoch Mann, for the 
perpetuation of whose memory this monument is erected, was 
born on Onondaga Hill, April 23, 1817. He was engaged in agricultural 
pursuits for many years, afterward going into the lumber business, and at 
this time an extensive business is being carried on under the firm name of 
Mann & Hunter. 

Mr. Mann was thrice married and had three daughters by his Krst wife, 
Emeline Wood. Two are living — Mrs. Charlotte Hodgkins of this city and 
Mrs. Isabella Ward, of Batavia. His third wife, Mrs. Mary Curtis Mann, is 
still living. Mr. Mann was for several years Siiperintendent of the 
Onondaga County House, and also for some years Justice of the Peace. 

Mr. Petterson was born in Stockholm, Sweden, November 21, 1820. He 
came to America in 184i). Having acquired a competency in the biisiness of 
carriage trimming, he retired. For twenty-five years he has resided with 
Mr. Mann and is a close family friend. 

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^BEL ^cMIDOA^ 




jHIS coniincmofiiiive wliite marble arcli was erected by tlie late 

Abel Anildon. Mr. Aniidoii was a native of ( )u<.>nda,t!;a County, 

^> Ijorn Deeenilicr •.'?, 181.">. At the ati-e of seventeen lie ioined the 

Metliodist E]iiseo]ial Cliurtdi, of whi(di he was always a i)roniinent and useful 

nieniljer. He was a fine singer, always taking an enthusiastic and leading 

j)art in re\'iva,l meetings, manifesting the great interest he always felt in 

tliem. He was ipiiet in his wa-ys, libei'al, but unostentatious in his charities, 

lending a helping hand to other churches as well as foremost in building 

those of his own denonunation. He was possessed of wonderfiil executive 

ability and acdiieved great success in his business. He married Martha. A. 

Starr, who survives him. Mr. Aniidon died Novembei' IS, 1SS7. 

" ( )ii Jortlans stormy l)anks 1 stanil. 
Anil cast a wishful eye 
To Canaan's fair and liappy laml. 
Wliciv my possessions lie. 

"No chilling winds or poisonous lireatli 
Can reacii that healthful shore; 
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, 
Are felt and feared no more." 

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ABEL AMIDON. 










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•tAO.ftNPSTASiAJRMyll 

, . ;. : D{EP 

JULY i2. 

OUR FP' 






^ADAME AXASTASIA JULIA RAOUL de CHAMPMANOIR 

t'-,:^ was tlio daughter of Francis d'Aumas, merchant of Philadel- 
phia, Pa., and planter of the West Indies, Commissary-General 
of tlie British Isles. In 18 r2 he was Commissary of the 
French, nnder Napoleon at Hispaniola, and died on the same island while 
attending to a shipment of mahogany in ISl?, in the forty-sixth year of his 
age. Madame Raoul's mother, Victorine d'Aumas, died in Baltimore, 
Maryland. January 20, 18.59, in the ninety-eighth year of her age. Madame 

■ Raoul was married in Delaware, Jan- 
uary 4, 1817, to Monsieur Jean Paul 
Raoul de Champmanoir, being at the 
time fourteen or fifteen years of age. 
Their early married life was spent 
in New Orleans. In 18-23 Doctor and 
Madame Raoul lived in New York 
city — the Doctor a contemporary and 
friend of Doctor Mott. 

Madame Raoul came to Syracuse to 
reside in 182(i. Her associations and 
identification with the early days and 
business growth of this city made her 
name familiar to its citizens. Her 
position for twenty-six years as an 
accomplished teacher of a day-school, with lessons in French and on the piano, 
and her fondness for the society of youth caused a large circle of young 
people to gather about her. Her lifelong friends were among the oldest, the 
best, and most cultivated of our citizens, and of the congregations of St. 
Paul's and St. James' churches, of which she was many years a member. 
Toward the sick, the poor, the helpless, her heart overflowed with sympathy, 
and her hand and voice were limited in their benefactions only by her 
inability to render aid. -'Our Friend" died at her residence, 45 Almond 

street, Julv 12, 1875. 

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Loyat c. TaBER. 




NIQL^E in design, synmn-tricaJ in nutline, elegant and inijiosing in 
its general appeai-anee (v<)n\ any jioint of \'ie\v, the nion anient so 
(j^l^O^f beantifully illustrated on the a,dji_)iiiing page stands second to 
none in any cemetery in the land. This massive structure was erected to 
the memory of Loyal C. TaVier. and occupying as it does one of the most 
prominent and sightly knolls to be found within the coiifiues of Oakwood, it 
never fails to elicit expressions of the deepest admiration from all who view 
.it. The surroundings, the rare and l)eautiful shrubbery, the variety of 
magnificent forest trees upjon and near the knoll, render the scene extremely 
l»icturesque. 

The design (if this monument, — a round-cornered sarcophagus, — is most 
tasteful and striking, and was original with the Smith Granite Company of 
Westerly, R. I., by whom it was also constructed and placed in its present 
position. The structure weighs aboiit twenty tons, is composed of the finest 
variety of Westerly granite, and stands upon a solid concrete foundation 
Some six feet in thickness. Undoubtedly the memorial-stone of Loyal C. 
Taber is among the noblest to be found in Oakwood. 

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LOYAL C. TABER. 




CLEMENT C. GOODRICH. 



CLEcME/^T C. GOODRICH, 




JiNE VISITING Oakwood and passing in through the eastern 
entrance is at once delighted with the beautiful winding drive 
which is overshadowed by lofty oaks on either side. The first 
monument to attract the attention of the visitor is the one which forms the 
subject of our illustration. It stands upon a pretty corner lot not far from 
the Soldiers' monument, on Midland avenue. This strikingly-handsome 
memorial was erected by Doctor Goodrich to the memory of Sarah Elizabeth, 
his wife. 

• 'Tis wiser far to number 

The l:)lessings at my feet, 
Than ever to be sighing 

For just one bud more sweet. 
The sunbeams and the sliadows 

Fall from a pierced hand; 
I can surely trust God's wisdom 

If His heart I understand ; 
And maybe in the morning. 

When His blessed face I see, 
He will tell me why my white rose 

Was reft away from me." 

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^JJW^HOMAS JEFFERSON LEACH, one of the present Trustees of 
4;r'!jii!B!tP ( )akwoo(l Association, comes of New England ancestry. Pompey 
Hill. N. Y., claims his grandfather, John Leach, as one of its 
pioneers. He came there from Clonnecticnt and hiter removed to Cicero, 
N. Y., where he huilt the first house, also kept as a tavern. His son, John 
Leach, the father of Thomas J., was a country merchant. In the spring of 
IS-tT he started a grocery business with a Mr. Earl, and was accidentally 
killed in the fall of that year. 

Thomas J. was born at Cicero. N. Y., April S, 1S3(). In is;58 his 
parents moved to Brewerton, where for some time he was clerk in his 
father's store, attending as he coidd the common schools of the district, with 
the exception of a year of better advantages in a Boston school. After 
having settled his father's estate, being then eighteen years of age, he 
entered the em]>liiy of Williams &: Babcock of Salina, remaining with 
them two years. Then came his first business venture in salt with Hon. 
E. B. Judson and the late Coddington B. Williams. In 1S51 he became 
clerk in the old Bank of Salina and was afterwards made teller, remaining 
until 18.5'.i, when he was elected cashier of the Salt Springs Bank, which 
position he has since held. Eleven of the Board of Directors (then 
numbering fifteen) have died within the thirty-five years of his incumbency. 

Mr. Leach married in 1854 Miss Mary L. Williams, daughter of 
Benjamin F. Williams, and but one of their four children is now living. 
Mr. Leach has been a thorough business man. He is President of the 
Bank and Bankers' Association and Secretary and Treasurer of the Salina 
and Central Square Plank Road Company. Mr. Leach has made his own 
way in the world and the battle leaves him a genial, courteous gentleman, 
• whose views of life broaden with the years and of whom rich and poor alike 
liave only words of commendation. 

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JAMES LADE. 



jaMEoS LaOE. 




PON this carefully-tended enclosure stands the tall and graceful 
white marble shaft erected by James Lade. Here unforgetful 
friends come and arrange the loveliest blooms to "waste their 
swuftUL'as " and fade on the grave of their departed dear one, or to plant 
perennial flowers around it. Though they bloom and fade with the Autumn 
frosts, they .spring up with a resurrection lesson for every sorrowing heart. 

"The Lord is iii)- Shepherd; I shall not want. 
"He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth 
me beside the still waters." — Psalms xxiii: 1, ':. 

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HJgj^ATHAN FITCH GRAVES was born in Westmoivlaiul, Oneida 
C'dinity, N. Y., Felaniai'v 17, is]:!. His ancestors came from 
England in Ifii:! and settled in Connecticut. Benjamin Graves, 
his great-grandfatlier, was wounded in tlie defense of Fort Griswold, 
New London, Conn., and soon after died. His grandfather, Elijali Graves, 
then sixteen years old, took his father's ]ilace, enlisting for the war. His 
father, Benjamin Graves, was in the ai-my of isi-i and was on the march for 
Buffalo when that town was Imrned. Nathan was brought up on a farm 
and attended the put)lir schools and afterwards a select school. Wlien 
sixteen years old he began teaching and taught four winters. Deciding to 
study law, he spent one year with J. Whipple Jenkins, Esc]., of Vernon, 
( )iieida. County, and was Deputy Postmaster of the vilhige. His further 
clerkship was served in the office of H<;)n. Joshua A. Spencer, of Utica, N. Y. 
He was admitted to practice in ISIO and l)ecame a partner of Timothy 
Jenkins, Esij., of Oneida Castle. Mi-. Graves was married to Miss Helen P. 
Breese in \S-i2, wlm died in IS^-l. He afterward married Miss Catherine 
H. Breese, a sister of his fu-st wife. Some years later Mr. Graves opened an 
office in New York, securing a profitable practice. In consecpience of 
impaired health he left New York and settled in Syracuse. The Burnet, 
Bank was organized in \Sb2, and Mr. Gra\'es was elected President. He is 
still President of its later organization. The New York State Banking 
Company. In 187'2 he and his wife made a triji around the world. 

Mr. Graves was Mayor of the city. President of the Board of Education, 
Trustee of Oakwood, Trustee and Vice-President of the Syracuse Savings 
Baidv, and also of the State Institution for Feeble Minded Children. He 
has founded two Lectureships on Missions, — at Rutgers, New Brunswick, 
N. J., and at Syracuse University. Sti'ongly attached to the Reformed 
Church, his integrity and fidelitj' to every trust is most conspicuous, and 
his may well he esteemed a successful life. 






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ALFRED L. ROWLEY. 



ALFRED L. RO\\)LEy. 



^P^^ SUBSTANTIAL monumental sarcophagus of granite marks 
^■v^TTNl ^^^^ ^^^^ resting-place of Alfred Lee Rowley. He was born at 
__, Granby, Conn., was by profession a Civil Engineer, graduating 
from the' Military Academy at Norwich, Vt.-Captain Partridge, a contem- 
porary of the late General Wintield Scott, being at that time Principal of 

the institution. 

Mr Rowley married, early in life. Miss Manilla Chase of Manchester, 
N H They afterwards removed to Georgia, where Mr. Rowley's father 
had extensive business interests and owned a large property. Just prior to 
the Civil War they started North and passed through Virginia on the very 
dav of John Brown's execution. 

Mr Rowley purchased a farm in Clay, Onondaga County, where he 
lived for more 'than thirty years. He was a stanch Democrat, often being 
requested bv his party to accept office at their hands and as often dechmng^ 
He was a man of ,ovial temperament, a kind ^^^^^ ^^^f ;:--^ ^^ 
whose influence was felt throughout the community in which he lived, and 
^^ whose word was always considered as good as his bond." He died May 24 
1888 leaving a widow and three daughters: Anna, now Mrs^ A. Avery 
Howlett; Jennie, Mrs. William Timmerman, in this city, and Fannie, now 
Mrs Fred Rowley, of Albion, Orleans County, N. Y. 

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^AKCUS CHRISTIAN HAND was born at Anns^dlle, Oueida 
County, N. Y., October -27, 1818. His father, Christian Hand, 
was one i.it the early settlers of Oneida County, taking ujt and 
clearing his own farm. His son came to Syracuse when about twenty years 
of agr, juiving laid tlie foundation for a useful life liy learning to oliserve 
Nature, and yet to be a jn-actical worker on his father's farm. It is fifty- 
seven years since he first came to Syracuse, where he resided till his death, 
Augusi :;i, lS!)-2. 

Mr. Hand was twice married and leaves one daiightcr, Mrs. Flora L. 
Howell, the child of his first wife. His surviving widow was Miss Julia 
E. Taylor. 

Mr. Hand's business was that of a ])ainti'r and decorator, and in tins 
business he gav^e employment to a great numl)er of people. Thirty years ago 
he gave uji this business and became for his pleasure a nurseryman and 
apiarist. His real estate interests were such as to make active business not 
a necessity. He possessed a vivid memory and loved to recall and relate 
incidents in the progress of this city, and had he lived he woidd have taken 
;i gri^at interest in the ( )nondaga Centennial celebration of the present year. 
He published a historical vohtme in 1881.t, entitled " Syracuse From a Forest 
to a City." Data from this book was used by some of our elderly citizens in 
the elaborate exercises of the Centennial celebration, as well as material he 
collected with regard to Onondaga Valley and its points of historical 
interest. Mr. Hand's life was unostentatious. He loved to get near 
Nature's heart, and spent his latter days happily "among his books, his 
bees, his berry bushes and his tlowers,'" the happy tyi)e of a contented man. 
( )ne of his greatest pleasures was the writing of his recollections and the fact 
that they were appreciated and enjoyed by others. He often published 
them in the newsjiapers of our city. 

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CHARLES M. WARNER. 



i 



CHaRLES (M. WaR/^ER. 




HE UNIQUE and siil)stantial mausoleum lately erected by Mr. 
Charles M. Warner is built of granite and, though not externally 
elaborate, has an exquisitely-finished interior containing twelve 
catacombs of finely-polished Tennessee marble. Its location is fine. It is 
affection's last tribute to a beloved wife. 

Mr. Warner is a most pulilic-spirited citizen and has won the lasting 
gratitude of our vetei'an soldiers by his generous offer to erect at this late 
day an imposing and fitting monument to those of our citizens who gave 
their lives in defence of our country at the critical period of the Civil war. 
This offer was the great surprise of the County Centennial mass meeting at 
the Armory in June, 1894. 

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imMo.jxs ^gj^j^jy^jjj L HIGGINS.— Perhaps no veteran of the late Civil 




$ war has a prouder record than the late Colonel Benjamin L. 

^fe Higgins. He was born at Brewster, Mass., in 18"i<l, came to 
Syraciise in 1837 and thoroughly identified himself with the welfare and 
progress of his adopted home. He enlisted in the Union army in 1801 and 
raised a company, mostly of volunteers from the fire department, of which 
he had been tliirteen years Chief. He was Captain of this company, attached 
to the Eighty-sixth regiment, New York Volunteers, Colonel Bailey com- 
manding. On reaching Washington, Captain Higgins was detailed to the 
charge of the old Cajjital Prison, but was afterwards relieved and rejoined 
his regiment for active service in the field. He was in the second battle of 
Bull Run, the battles of Gettysburg, Fredericksburg and Mine Run, and was 
shot thrniigh both tluglis and his life despaired of. But he recovered, came 
home and returned later to his regiment. At Chancellorsville the com- 
manding officer of his regiment was killed and Captain Higgins took his 
place. His promotions were rapid and he became Cc)lonel of the Eighty- 
sixth, August 15, LSCio, and was mustered out July '.(, 1S(;4. He was beloved 
by his men on account of his consideration for them and his many soldierly 
qualities. 

The war veterans of East Syracuse ]iamed their Post of the Grand Army 
of the Repul)lic after this gallant officer. There has also been erected on 
Sickles avenue at Gettysburg a superli monument for the Eighty-sixth New 
York Infantry, Se(;oud Brigade, Fii'st Division, Third Corps. It is adorned 
with an excpiisite bas relief — a mother weeping over her son, with tlie motto, 
"I yield him to his Country and his God." Colonel Higgins married Miss 
Mary I. Clark, who survives him. He died November 19, 1891. 

Alfred Higgins, for over thirty-five years at the head of the American 
Express Company in this city, and of whom much of interest might be said, 
erected the elegant and imposing monument shown on the adjoining page. 

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HICCINS FAMILY MONUMENT. 




ROGER W. PEASE. 



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I 



ROGER \\'. PEaSE. 



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^ERHAPS there is no more strikiugly-picturesque illustration given 
in this volume than that of the massive and elegant monument 
erected to the memory of Doctor Roger W. Pease. Doctor Pease 
was born in Conway, Mass., May :51, 182s. He studied medicine and surgery 
at Geneva, N. Y., graduated in 1848 and located in Syracuse. The greatest 
work of his life is perhaps to be found in the military records of the war of 
the Rebellion. He enlisted early as surgeon of the Twelfth New York 
Volunteers. Many a volume of "Hospital Sketches" could be written of the 
almost marvelous work he accomplished during his service. Transferred 
from place to place, never had man better opportunity for displaying his 
ability and seldom had man been better equipped for such a test of skill and 
physical endurance. After nearly three years of most heroic service he was 
mustered out at Baltimore with the rank of Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. He 
was similarly honored by this State for his "zeal, fidelity and courage." An 
enthusiast in his profession, a lover of all the sciences, genial, wholesome 
and delightful, when he died he left a great void in the community but a 
greater one in the home he loved. He died may 28, 1886. 

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5OHN MANCHESTER WIETING, identitied for many years with 
the best growth and prosperity of Syracuse, was of Prussian 
descent, liis grandfather, Jolin C. Wieting, liaving been a native 
of Stendal. Prussia, and whu came in his youth to this coiintry, 
l>ecame its iirst Lutlieran minister, and was actively engaged in the Revohi- 
tionary war. 

Jolni M. Wieting, tlie son of Peter and Mary Mancliester Wieting, was 
born at Springticlih (Itsego County, February S, 1S17. He came to Syracuse 
in is:!?. When only fourteen years of age he commenced teaching at Deer- 
field, Oneidii County, winters, attending school four siimmers at the Liberal 
Institute, Clinton, N. Y., where he had a scholarship. For six years he was 
Assistant Siirxcynr and Engineer, first on the New York and Erie and later 
on the Syracuse and Utica railroads. He surveyed Rose Hill Cemetery and 
many of our village streets. He was an example of filial reverence and 
affection to his f;itliei-'s family, whom financial disaster left dependent upon 
liini. His tliirst for knowledge was boundless, all his leisure being devoted 
to the study of matliemathics and the natural sciences. Knowledge thus 
gained induced him to study medicine under the late Dr. Hiram Hoyt. His 
great interest in jdij-siology led him into the lecture field, where for over 
twenty years his career was one unijaralleled success. The one luindred 
thousaiiil dollars thus accumulated was invested in tlir building of the old 
historic Wieting Hall, where the most notalile jiolitical conventions of the 
time wei-e held for many years. The block has twice been destroyed by fire, 
only to rise like the Phenix from its ashes, in finer and more substantial 
proportions, a lasting monument to the indomitable energy of the man 
whose name it bears. 

Doctor Wieting traveled extensively, and Mrs. Wieting accompanied 
him on a tour of the world and to Europe. He did not find the health he 
sought. The grasp of disease was too strong and an attack of pneumonia 
closed the brave struggle he had made for life February 13, 1888. 

The illustration on the adjoining page represents the massive and 
imposing tomb of Doctor Wieting. It is constructed of gray granite, is 
jiarticularly unique in design, and so located as to advantageously exhibit 
its various points of beauty from tiny position. 

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JOHN M. WIETINC 




EARL B. ALVORD. 



E&RL B. atVOKD. 



^m^^ FEW massive steps lead ui) to the stately shaft that has been 
'^'' " '■ erected to keep in remembrance the late Earl B. Alvord. The 

^ enclosure is a handsome one, kept in exquisite order-trees, 

^rlTd turf showing the hand of loving care. Earl B. Alvord was the 
youngest son of Anson Alvord and was born at Steuben, Oneida Co., N. 1 ., 
October 7 1832, the family moving in 182U to Onondaga Valley. The young 
man was educated here, afterwards joining his brothers in manufacturmg 
linie at the Valley. He bought them out later and continued this with other 
branches of business in this city. He purchased limestone quarries at 
Jamesville, establishing branch mills there and at Binghamton. He went 
into the coal business here and at Cleveland, and was the pioneer of Macadam 
pavement in this city. Mr. Alvord bitterly opposed monopolies, held broad 
business views and had the power to push large undertakings to a successful 
consummation. He had faith in our city's future and had gained a high 
position in our community on account of his liberality and integrity^ Mr^ 
Alvord died July 23, 1883, leaving a widow and two sons, Anson E. and 
Edgar Alvord, residents of this city. 



CLOSl/NG REcMaRKS. 



^t^^^T HAS been qiiite impossible within tlie limits of a well-projiortioneil 
^IH volume to rei)respnt even a tithe of the titting ami beautiful 
~») memorials that have been set up l)y loving friends to the memory 
of the sacred dead. For this reason, among others, some that are stately and 
elegant fail to have a i)lace here. It is most jjleasant to make "honorable 
mention" of all who ha\-e been oflieers of tlie Association, or who gave of 
their means to further its every interest in the days of its first organization. 
They were among our very best citizens, and "their works do follow them." 
To them we owe many of our cliurches, our educational institutions, our 
banks and the substantial homes now (.)ccupi(!d liy their descendants. Shall 
I speak of the men once prominent around Fayette Park, like the late 
Horace White, John D. Norton, Thoinas B. Fitch, and Daniel Pratt; of the 
James street h(_)mes where once lived Tra (i. P>arnes, L. W. Hall, Curtis 
Moses, Israel S. Spencer, Charles B. Sedgwick, George Barnes, and Dr. 
Lyman Clary ^ Shall we go in thought upon West Genesee street and ask 
for Jmlge George F. Comstock and J(.ihn W. Barker, who have passed 
away; also Alfred C. Howlett and Judge George N. Kennedy, who still reside 
there and were among the first subscribers':' Otliei-s who gave at the outset 
were E. T. Wright, Siilney Stanton, Dr. H. B. Wilbur, Burr Burton, Judge 

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W. H. Shankland, Richard Raynor, Daniel D. Smith, John Greenway, 
Henry Riegel, D. McDougal, John L. Cook, O. T. Burt, Alonzo C. Yates, 
F. Wellington, General Henry W. Slocum, John White, Joseph Seymour, 
Charles Tallman, Clinton F. Paige, Joseph F. Sabine, William Winton, 
Horatio N. White, M. H. Church, and George L. Maynard. 

We might mention many other men whose names are household words 
and who watched with delight Oakwood's growth from a forest to a 
beautiful city of peace. Many of them have finished their labors and now 
sleep beneath the quiet shadows of its lofty oaks. 

We deem it appropriate at this point to give the names of the gentlemen 
who constitute the present Board of Trustees and Officers: 

Horace Candee, Peter Burns, 

Charles Andrews, Thomas J. Leach, 

James J. Belden, Edward B. Judson, Jr., 

Charles P. Clark, John C. Hunt, 

William Brown Smith, Nathan F. Graves, 

Jacob Grouse, G. F. Comstock, Jr., (Deceased). 

William Brown Smith, President. 

Jacob Grouse, Vice-President. 

Howard N. Babcock, Secretary and Treasurer. 

Burrett Chaffee, Superintendent. 



The pure atmosphere and rich earth surround the stone as they surround 
the rose. They are as free to the one as the other, but the rose grows red 
and soft and fragrant, and the stone lies cold and hard and gray. The same 
rich humanity, the same culture, the same beauty lies about two men, as 

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free to one as tlie otlier, and one utow.s harder and more insensible day by 
ilay, wliile the otlier grows kimllier, truer and more sensitive; but to each 
and all lives must come a day when the questi(in of "what might have 
been " is forever settled by the touch of death. Would that all could say on 
that day of days, ;i.s did Sir Philip Sidney, "I would not change my joy for 
the empire of the world," or excdaim as heartily at life's ebbing as the late 
Dr. Muhlenberg, "I would not live alway." Is it not true that tlie majority 
of mankind get readj' for everything but deatli ? 

The old Saxon word huniaii, to hury, has a kindrcil word heorgrni, to 
scire, suggesting most sweetly to every C'hristinn heart the great harmony 
that underlies thi> age-hjug threnody of sorrow, the resurrection of tlie 
dea-d, and "the power of the endless life." The arclneologist has searched 
ancient records most tlioroughly to discover how dust was given to dust in 
the early days of the world's history and it would be difiicult to find a more 
quaint and rare book upon this subject than Sir Thomas Browne's 
" Hydriotaphia. " There were only three ])rincipal modes of burial — 
interment in the earth itself, incineration, (our present cremation), the ashes 
being preserved in buri.il urns, and the elaborate process of embalming. He 
says, " the sea is the smartest grave of all." In what ancient library shall 
we find enrolled the secrets of the old embalmer's art, and among them the 
sacred record of those loving women who came with their sweet spices and 
fine twined linen for the anointing of their Lord, later to stand with 
enraptured faces at the angel's announcement of a risen Christ '; 

" There is a voice from the tomb sweeter than song. There is a 
remembrance of the dead to which we turn even from the charms of the 
living. O, the gravel the grave! It buries every error, covers every defect, 
extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but 
fond regrets an<l tender recollections. Aye, go to the grave of buried love 
and meditate! There settle the accounts with thy conscience for every 

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benefit unrequited, every past endearment unregarded, of that departed 
being who can never — never — never return to be soothed by thy contrition. 
"Then weave thy chaplet of flowei's, and strew tlie beauties of Nature 
about fhe grave: console tliy broken sj^irit if thou canst with tliese tender 
yet futile tributes of regret; but take warning by the bitterness of this thy 
contrite affliction over the dead, and hencef(n'th be more faithful and 
aifectionate in the discharge of thy iluties to the living." 

WiisJiiiigfon Irving. 

The page bears but a single line ; 

And yet the gentlest, truest friend 
Who ever mingled tears with mine, 

With her sweet hand the sentence penned 
I scan in puzzle and in pain, — 
"Our Lord is gathering in His grain .'" 

■' God's grain," — she wrote, and then, — "Hin oini"; 

With tactful skill the truth is phrased. 
His chosen seed, in weakness sown. 

To be in strength immortal raised. 
Who early sends, with later rain. 
Knows when to gather in His gi-ain. 

Thrice blessed sheaves! with them He fills 

His stately chambers, strong and fair; 
The while the everlasting hills 

.\nd boundless reach of sun-steeped air 
Thrill with the Harvest Home refrain, — 
• • Our Lord has gathered in His grain ! " 

Marion Hurland. 

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TSBLE OF CO/^TE/^TS. 



BIOGRAPHIES AND PORTRAITS. 



BIOGRAPHIES. 



Alvokd, Thomas (jt. .- 
Andrews, Charles... 

Belden, James J. 

Burns, Peter 

Candee, Horace 

Chaffee, Burrett... 

Clark, Elizur 

Clark, Charles P. . 

Crouse, John 

Denison, Henrv D... 
DuGUiD, Henry L — 

Gardner, George 

Gere, Robert 

Granger, Amos P 

Graves, Nath.an F. . . 

Hand, Marcus C 

HiGGiNs, Benjamin L. 
Hough, William J. - - 
Judson, Edward B. . . 
Lawrence, James R. . 



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PORTRAITS. 

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BIOGRAPHIES. 

LKAt'H, Thomas J .Page 2^6 

Lkavexworth, Elias W _ 10 

l()n(istkket, c. tvler _.. go 

Mr XROE, Allex _ . 30 

Peck, Jesse T 172 

Pierce, Sylvester P. _ 114 

Powell, Archibald G lii 

Raoll, Madame 2;i!) 

Redfield, Lewis H _. ..-. 72 

Redfield, Ann M. T 78 

Ryder. Philip S _.. 206 

Slocum, Joseph -.- 107 

Smith, William Brown : -IS 

Smith, William H. H US 

Smith, Jacob S 150 

SuMXER, Edwin Vose 5:i 

Tyler, Comfort (iii 

VanBuren, Harmon W 150 

White, Hamilton _ 26 

White, Andrew D. 1 6:i 

WiETiNc;, John M 270 

Wood, Daniel P 154 



PORTRAITS. 

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VIEWS AND SKETCHES. 

VIEWS. SKETCHES. 

Adam ami Job •. ...Page Page 171 

Alvnrd, Earl B.— Monumeni 273 275 

Auiiaon, Abel— Arch - . - 237 236 

At EvemSong - - - 153 

Bagg, James L. — Sarcophagus 81 83 

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VIEWS. SKETCHES. 

Burns, Peter— Sarcophagus Page 121 Page 123 

Candee, Horace — Monument . . _ _ 209 2 1 1 

Chapel, Oakwood _ . . . 129 127 

Chapel, View showing 133 132 

Crouse, John — Mausoleum . 39 41 

Crouse, J ames — Monument . 45 47 

Crowell, Charles H.— Monument _. 201 200 

Closing Remarks . - 276 

Dedication, The 29 

Dedication Hymn . 35 

Dedication Valley - 33 33 

Deuison, Henry D.— Monument 87 89 

Ebeling and Gussman — Tomb 135 137 

Frontispiece, (Bodenhauseu's famous Madonna) 4 

Gere, Robert — Monument... - 175 177 

Gere, Robert— South View 181 183 

Goodrich, Clement C. — Monument 243 245 

Granger, Amos P. — Tomb 93 

Gussman and Ebeling — Tomb 135 1 37 

Hickox and Saul -Monument 99 101 

Higgins Family — Monument — 265 2ti4 

Home Monument, The 165 164 

Ives, John B.— Monument.. 147 149 

Judson, Edward B. — Monument 157 159 

Lade, James — Monument 249 251 

Lawrence, James R. — Monument 119 

Leavenworth, Elias W. — Tomb 13 15 

Lily Pond, The 85 84 

Longstreet, C. Tyler— Tomb 57 59 

Longstreet Tomb — Interior 69 71 

Mann and Patterson — Monument 283 235 

Niveii Monument, View showing 315 217 

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VIEWS. SKETCHES. 

Oakwooil, Sketch of . .._ ..Page Page 9 

(Jakwood Chapel 129 127 

Once More — Poem 193 

Orijhans' Monument, The 169 168 

Pease, Roger W.— Monument . . 267 269 

Peck. Wilber S. and Frank A.— Monument 227 229 

Peck, Jesse T.— Monument 17:) 

Petterson and Mann — Monument 2:io 235 

Pierce, Sylvester P. — Sarcophagus 111 113 

Powers and Snow — Monument. . 219 218 

Prefatory 7 

Raoul, Madame — Monument 239 

Redfield, Lewis H.— Monument 75 77 

Rowley, Alfred L.— Monument. 255 257 

Ryder, Philip S.— Tomb 203 205 

Saul and Hickox — Monument 9'.i 101 

Slocum, Joseph — Monument 105 

Smith. William H. H.— Monument U I 

Snow and Powers — Monument. 219 218 

Soldiers' Monument 187 189 

Stowell, Clara E.— Monument I'.i; lli9 

Sumner, Edwin Vose — Tomb 51 

Taber, Loyal C— Sarcophagus 241 240 

To the Unknown Dead I'.H 190 

Tyler, Comfort, Grave of 63 65 

VanBuren, Smith and Duguid — Monolith 151 

Warner, Charles M.— Mausoleum 261 263 

Wallace, John— Monument 221 323 

White, Horace and Hamilton — Cenotaph 23 25 

Wieting, John M.— Tomb 271 270 

Wood, Daniel P. — Monument 155 154 

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